Over twenty new Covid cases locally today

Over twenty new Covid cases have been confirmed by health officials this evening.

An additional 3 deaths from Covid have been confirmed and 474 new cases.

167 of the cases are in Dublin, 39 in Kildare, 37 in Cork, 36 in Donegal, 29 in Meath and the remaining 166 cases are spread across all other counties.

155 Covid patients are being treated in hospital of which 44 are in ICU. The 14 day incidence rate is 124.6 per 100 thousand of the population.

9 new cases were reported in Longford and eight new cases in Leitrim and Roscommon.