2,148 new cases have been reported today.
63 deaths related to Covid-19 have been reported to the Department of Health over the past week.
2,148 new cases have been detected, while there's 464 people in hospital.
86 people with the virus are being treated in ICU.
Professor Philip Nolan is NPHET's chief modelling advisor - he's compared the case numbers and admissions to hospital between the first half of this year, and the second half so far
There has been a total of 5,369 deaths related to COVID-19 notified in Ireland. This includes 63 deaths newly notified in the past week
The five day moving average is 1,937.
Dept of Health Press briefing https://t.co/kMl8OZWXoG
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) October 20, 2021

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