The lowest number this year.
The number of Covid patients in hospital has dropped below 600 for the first time this year.
The figure has fallen to 597 today - down 12 from yesterday.
It compares to over 1,000 less than a month ago.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 6,697 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.
In addition, on Thursday 3 February, 5,639* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.
Latest figures show there are 63 Covid patients in intensive care units.
Meanwhile, A Professor of Infectious Disease has said the Omicron variant is a very contagious virus and it's going to be hard to keep the numbers down.
Dr Jack Lambert from the UCD School of Medicine says the most important thing is to ensure fewer people end up in ICU:

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