The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has confirmed 7,694 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday.
The figure includes 3,342 PCR-confirmed cases and 4,352 cases uploaded to the HSE's antigen result portal.
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As of 8am on Wednesday, there were 653 people with Covid in hospital, 46 of whom were being treated in ICU.
According to the Covid Data Hub, 13 additional Covid-related deaths were notified on March 2nd, bringing the State's total to 6,521.
Approximately 82,057 PCR tests have been carried out in the past seven days, with a positivity rate of 29.4 per cent.
