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Coronavirus: 984 new cases confirmed in Ireland

The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this evening.

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed 984 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

As of 8am this morning, 343 patients with Covid-19 were in hospital, including 70 in ICU.

Yesterday, there were 1,124 new cases of Covid-19, 349 people with the virus in hospital and 64 in ICU.

Deaths are being announced weekly due to the HSE data breach in May – as of today, 5,280 people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland. This includes 31 deaths newly notified in the past week.

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