The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,605* confirmed cases of Covid-19.
In addition, on Tuesday 25 January, 4,809** people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.
There has been a total of 6,136 deaths related to Covid-19 notified in Ireland. This includes 49 deaths newly notified in the past week (since last Wednesday).
As of 8am today, 739 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 74 are in ICU.
As Ireland has now removed the majority of public health restrictions after Covid-19 statistics held steady, many people have been questioning whether the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) should disband.
The group played a crucial role in Ireland's battle with the coronavirus, offering advice to the Government based off the data available to them on a near-daily basis.
But their surprise move to signal the reopening of the country last weekend was seen by many as one of their last important updates.
This has led for calls for the group to disband.
But have they any merit?
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