142 new Covid cases in Meath

Meath had the second highest number of new Covid-19 cases tonight with 142 cases confirmed by health officials.

The Royal County now as the second highest incidence rate of infection at 652 per 100,000 as opposed to Cavan's 1,013 per 100,000 and Meath has had 1,273 new cases reported in the last 14 days.

Meanwhile, 1,167 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland, the Department of Health said this evening.

A further three people confirmed to have Covid-19 have died.

The total number of people who have contracted Covid-19 and died in Ireland is 1,868, and the total number of cases is now at 53,422.

Of the cases notified today:

538 are men, and 627 are women

64per cent are under 45 years of age

The median age is 33 years old

263 in Dublin, 142 in Meath, 137 in Cork, 86 in Cavan and the remaining 539 cases are spread across all remaining counties.

As of 2pm today, 314 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. There have been 27 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Over 112,000 tests have been completed in the last seven days, with 16,583 in the last 24 hours. There is a test positivity rate of 7.1 per cent over the last seven days, which compares to an overall positivity rate of 3.9per cent.