44 new cases of Covid-19 in Meath

Public health officials have confirmed 866 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland , bringing the total number of cases to 60,297.

Six more deaths were also confirmed bringing the death toll to 1,902.

44 of the cases reported today were in Meath

Of the cases notified today:

428 are men and 438 are women

63per cent are under 45 years of age

The median age is 35 years old

There were 242 cases in Dublin, 166 in Cork, 56 in Donegal, 54 in Galway and the remaining 304 cases are spread across another 20 counties.

As of 2pm today, 328 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 43 are in ICU. There have been 15 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

In terms of testing, over 103,000 tests have been completed in the past seven days, and 15,315 have been carried out in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last seven days is 5.4 per cent, compared to a total positivity rate of 4 per cent.