The Department of Health has announced 1,124 new cases of COVID-19 in Ireland today.
As of 8am today, 349 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 65 are in ICU.
The five day moving average is 1,143.
A leading immunology expert has given hope that Covid-19 may finally be on its "last throw of the dice".
The Delta variant completely changed how the public lives with Covid-19 given its higher transmissibility compared to previous strains of the disease.
But Professor Luke O'Neill of Trinity College told Today with Claire Byrne this morning that Delta "may be as bad as it gets" with vaccines holding firm against it.
"The vaccine is holding firmly against Delta is the message," he said.
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