The Department of Health has confirmed 8,815 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday.
The cases include 4,160 PCR-confirmed infections, and 4,655 registered by people who received a positive antigen test result and logged it on the HSE's online portal.
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As of 8am on Tuesday, there were 635 people in hospital with the virus, 63 of whom were being treated in intensive care.