There are 347 people in hospital with the virus.
The Department of Health has announced 1,706 new cases of Covid-19 today.
There are 347 people in hospital with the virus - an increase of 23 on yesterday - while 61 of these are being treated in intensive care.
Meanwhile over 20 walk-in vaccine centres are continuing today, with 12-15 year olds now allowed to avail of a vaccine at the clinics.
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