Kenneth Fox
A further seven deaths and an additional 4,962 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded this evening by the Department of Health.
It is the highest number of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Waterford has also recorded its highest daily tally with 118 cases. This gives an incidence rate of 336.6.
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There have been 391 cases in the county in the past two weeks.
Overall nationally, there has now been a total of 2,259 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. There is also a total of 101,887 confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland.
Currently there are 685 people in hospital with Covid-19 and a further 62 people with the virus in ICU.
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additional reporting by Julie Smyth
