8,337 new Covid cases confirmed today

8,337 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed today.

There are 4,033 PCR-confirmed cases, and 4,304 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

There’s been another increase in the number of people in hospital, which is up by 9 to 670.

43 are in ICU, which is a decrease of 3.