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Statement from the Department of Health

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1,715 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Sunday 10 April, 2,049 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.  

On Saturday 9 April, the HPSC was notified of 2,756 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2,521* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day.  

On Sunday 10 April, the HPSC was notified of 1,442 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 1,725* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day.  As of 8am today, 1,081 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 55 are in ICU.   

ENDS// Notes to Editors  *These data are provisional and are not directly comparable with laboratory PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases registered through the HSE Covid Care Tracker.  Data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases and deaths is available on the HPSC’s Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland data hub.  Additional data on vaccination, hospital, ICU and local electoral areas is available on Ireland’s COVID-19 data hub.  See the latest public health advice.