The Department of Health has reported 242 cases of Covid-19 today but no further deaths related to the disease.
Sixteen of the new cases are in Galway, while 76 are in Dublin, 27 in Donegal and 22 in Kilkenny.
63% are under 45 years of age and the median age is 37 years old.
There are seven people in Galway hospitals with Covid-19, six of whom are at UHG. One Covid-19 patient at the hospital is in ICU.
As of 2pm today, 223 people across the country with the disease are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. There have been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
There has now been a total of 74,468 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 74,226 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,332 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 630 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,840 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,264 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,746 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 40,863 |
| Median age | 39 |
