1,837 new cases of Covid 19 were confirmed last night.
A consultant in infectious diseases expects more people to end up in hospital with Covid in the coming weeks.
It's after virus case numbers were above 1,800 for the second day in a row, with 1,837 new cases detected.
208 patients are being treated in hospital for the virus, a rise of ten on the previous day, with 31 in intensive care.
RCSI Senior Lecturer Eoghan de Barra says a surge in covid admissions will have knock on effects on non covid care:
While HSE National Lead for Testing and Tracing, Niamh O'Beirne says over 23 thousand swabs were taken in community testing sites over the last 2 days.
Eoghan de Barra says the high level of testing is welcome and he's urging people to continue to get tested
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