67 Additional Covid 19 Deaths Reported In Ireland Over The Last Week.

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 15:51

Over 1,600 new cases of the virus have been reported today.

67 further deaths as a result of Covid-19 have been reported in Ireland.

1,631 new cases have been detected while there's 503 people in hospital with the virus - an increase of 27 percent on two weeks ago.

101 people are currently in intensive care - the first time the figure has gone above 100 since March.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn outlines the proportion of people in ICU who are fully vaccinated

There has been a total of 5,436 deaths related to #COVID19 notified in Ireland. This includes 67 deaths newly notified in the past week (since last Wednesday).

*Daily case numbers may change due to future data validation.
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) October 27, 2021

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