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# new cases

All time
Covid-19: 8,126 cases, 845 people in hospital and 79 in ICU
23 Jan 2022
49.5k
47
Coronavirus: 20,554 new cases confirmed in Ireland as new PCR regime announced
Updated 30 Dec 2021
264k
396
Coronavirus: 2,950 new cases confirmed in Ireland
6 Dec 2021
66.7k
75
Munster hit by 9 new positive Covid cases in touring party in South Africa
Updated 30 Nov 2021
65.3k
32
Coronavirus: 469 new cases confirmed in Ireland
20 May 2021
64.9k
73
Coronavirus: Three deaths and 939 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland
26 Oct 2020
119k
159
Five deaths and 727 new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Northern Ireland
26 Oct 2020
22.1k
14
Two deaths and 1,299 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Northern Ireland
16 Oct 2020
20.9k
19
Coronavirus: Three further deaths and 254 new cases - including 136 in Dublin
16 Sep 2020
126k
196
Police break up gathering of thousands protesting pandemic restrictions in Germany
29 Aug 2020
36.4k
93
Coronavirus: No further deaths and 67 new cases confirmed in Ireland
14 Aug 2020
134k
120
Virus surges worldwide as public loses faith in authorities
25 Jul 2020
46.7k
75
Australia hits record daily increase with 501 new Covid-19 cases
22 Jul 2020
28.2k
30
Florida reports record high 15,300 positive Covid-19 cases in one day
12 Jul 2020
36.0k
74
South Korea considers new lockdown measures as virus cases climb
29 Jun 2020
19.7k
40
Coronavirus: Three deaths and 13 new cases confirmed in Ireland
12 Jun 2020
52.8k
71
Coronavirus: Eight deaths and eight new cases confirmed in Ireland
11 Jun 2020
54.0k
64
Coronavirus: 15 deaths and 92 new cases in Ireland confirmed
16 May 2020
112k
166
Russia now has the second highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world
12 May 2020
28.7k
47
Coronavirus: 41 deaths and 548 new cases confirmed, plus 284 positive cases from March backlog
14 Apr 2020
133k
177
Coronavirus: 14 deaths and 430 new cases confirmed in Ireland
12 Apr 2020
121k
187
Coronavirus: 17 more deaths and 331 new cases in Ireland
4 Apr 2020
171k
216
Coronavirus: Fourth death confirmed as 121 new cases confirmed in Ireland, bringing total to 906
22 Mar 2020
191k
253
Coronavirus: 27 new cases in Ireland, six patients now in ICU
12 Mar 2020
498k
237
First death in Ireland confirmed as coronavirus declared a pandemic: Today's main Covid-19 points
Updated 11 Mar 2020
338k
199
Coronavirus: Two new cases in Republic of Ireland - both through community transmission
Updated 8 Mar 2020
375k
282
Coronavirus: One new case in Republic of Ireland and three in the North
Updated 7 Mar 2020
326k
295
Coronavirus: Four more patients test positive after meeting with businessman
10 Feb 2020
52.7k
19
'Don't go near him, he has HIV, you’ll get it' - Robbie Lawlor on fighting stigma
6 Apr 2016
51.6k
85
Here is how many prisoners got early release in 2014
25 Nov 2015
8.8k
19
Average age of HIV diagnosis for gay and bisexual men has fallen to 32
27 Nov 2014
8.6k
11
In focus: Myanmar struggles with ancient scourge of leprosy
22 Aug 2014
35.2k
15