Over 12,000 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed over the Easter weekend, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.
Between Friday, April 15th and Monday, April 18th, 12,067 additional cases of the virus were reported by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
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The breakdown of the figures is as follows:
- Friday, April 15th: 1,788 PCR-confirmed cases, 2,013 positive antigen results
- Saturday, April 16th: 1,666 PCR-confirmed cases, 1,459 positive antigen results
- Sunday, April 17th: 852 PCR-confirmed cases, 1,270 positive antigen results
- Monday, April 18th: 1,668 PCR-confirmed cases, 1,251 positive antigen results
The department also confirmed that a further 2,419 cases were reported on Tuesday, 778 of which were PCR-confirmed and 1,641 were positive antigen test results uploaded via the HSE portal.
As of 8am this morning, there were 750 people with Covid in hospital, 44 of whom were in intensive care.
