There was a 50 per cent increase in Covid outbreaks in schools last week - with 24 recorded.

The five-day moving average has risen by 40 per cent in the past two weeks, and now stands at 2,131.

Ireland’s fourteen-day incidence is currently 531 per 100,000

As of 8am this morning, 331 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, 61 of these patients are in ICU

According to the experts, we won't see the peak of the wave until next month.

Fifty percent of the patients currently in ICU with COVID-19 are aged less than 55 years old

The numbers of Covid cases is still showing a large incidence of the disease across the country

Dr Holohan says there is now a very high level of disease circulating in the community.