There are 469 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic.
103 patients are in hospital with the virus, with 38 in intensive care.
90 new cases were confirmed in the North today, with no additional deaths.
Death statistics aren't available in the Republic at the moment because of the cyber attack.
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This evening's brief statement in full reads as follows:
The latest news as of 5.15pm on Thursday 20 May
469 cases confirmed:
- 469 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed
- this number of cases may change due to future data validation
- 103 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU
Latest update on vaccines:
Due to the current disruption of the HSE IT system, the updates to the GeoHive COVID-19 Hub are paused until further notice.
As of last Tuesday (11 May) there have been 1,922,913 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 1,408,105 people have received their first dose
- 514,808 people have received their second dose
