Almost 10,000 new COVID cases

108 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded here in the past week.

There has also been a further 5,268 daily cases confirmed via PCR testing, and 4,613 positive antigens recorded on the HSE portal.

631 people are in hospital with the virus, down six in 24 hours, while 62 are in ICU, a drop of one over the same period.