Ireland has logged a bump in Covid-19 cases, with 11,380 reported by the Department of Health on Tuesday – up from 7,143 the day before.
The increase of more than 4,000 additional cases when compared to Monday was seen as 4,423 were confirmed by PCR test, while 6,957 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.
Hospitalisations associated with the disease increased sharply over the weekend, rising from 670 on Friday to 808 by Monday.
As of this morning, there were 803 patients in hospital, with 51 in intensive care, up four since yesterday.
The true scale of infection is unknown amid the scaling-back of the test and trace system, and the Department of Health has previously cautioned that self-registered antigen test results are not directly comparable with cases confirmed by PCR test.
Elsewhere in Northern Ireland, another 2,669 cases of the virus were confirmed on Tuesday.
Five more people who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 have died in the region, where there are 467 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with two in intensive care.
