The Health Service Executive has reported an increase in the number of patients in hospitals with Covid-19.
There were 678 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in hospitals around the country, as of 8am.
This is an increase of 11 on yesterday's figure of 667.
The latest data also showed that yesterday there were 29 patients in intensive care units around the country, as of 11am.
There were just 12 confirmed cases in intensive care on this day two weeks ago.
