A further 436 newly confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the State.
The Department of Health said there were 39 cases in ICU and 101 in hospital.
Daily case numbers may change due to future data review, validation and update, the Department stressed.
Eight people have died as a result of Covid-19 in the last 12 days, the HSE has confirmed.
As a result of the recent cyberattack on the HSE’s systems, there had been no new reports of Covid-19 deaths since Friday, May 14th, when the State’s total death toll stood at 4,941.
Speaking at a weekly briefing on Thursday, the HSE’s chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry said there had been eight deaths from Covid-19 in the 12 days from the data breach to Wednesday.
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