Twenty-four new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Donegal, the Department of Health reports this evening.
Two additional deaths and a 264 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed nationwide.
There were 46 new confirmed cases of the virus in Donegal yesterday, but the notable rise has been put down to a delay in reporting figures.
As of 2pm today, 215 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised in Ireland, of which 33 are in ICU. There have been 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Of the cases notified today;
- 128 are men / 134 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 36 years old
- 79 in Dublin, 24 in Donegal, 19 in Kerry, 18 in Limerick, 14 in Kildare, 14 in Wexford and the remaining 96 cases are spread across 16 other counties.