A further 84 cases have been confirmed in Galway by the Department of Health this evening, as well as 2,121 across the Republic, as the daily number of new coronavirus cases continues to fall.
An additional eight deaths related to the disease were also reported today by health officials, taking the total number of Covid-related deaths in the state to 2,616.
Of the new cases reported today, 753 are in Dublin, 236 in Cork, 142 in Wexford, 126 in Kildare and 109 in Limerick.
1,975 people with Covid-19 were in hospital at 2pm today, 200 of whom were in critical care wards.
Dr Tony Holohan said that this third wave of the pandemic has seen higher level of hospitalisations across all age groups.
“There are now more sick people in hospital than any time in the course of this pandemic,” said the CMO.
“The risk that this disease poses to the individual who is infected has not changed.
“What has changed is that we are experiencing a much greater level of community transmission and as a result we are seeing higher numbers of people with severe illness who require hospitalisation or admission to intensive care and higher numbers of mortality.
“Please continue to stay at home and drive down this infection in our community.”
2,793 cases have been reported in Galway in the past fortnight.
