There has been 2,029 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed today.
448 number of patients are in hospital and 88 are in ICU.
The numbers were confirmed by the department of health this afternoon.
A new variant of Covid-19 called AY.4.2 - more commonly known as Delta Plus - has been recorded in the UK.
Yesterday, Britain reported just under 50,000 new cases of Covid-19.
Their officials have said it's too early to confirm whether this strain, first identified in India, is more dangerous than the first variant, Alpha, which was superseded by the much more infectious Delta.
This Delta Plus strain now accounts for 6% of cases in the UK, but should people in Ireland be worried about this mutation?
Speaking on Today With Claire Byrne, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said there's a "small number" of AY.4.2 cases in Ireland and that it's "not something about which we are raising alarm or concern at this point in time".
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