BREAKING: Latest Covid-19 case numbers for Ireland revealed

ALMOST 2,000 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported overnight, the Department of Health has said.

Figures just out reveal that as of midnight last night, some 1,997 more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus across Ireland.

As of eight o'clock this morning, some 324 patients with the disease are in hospital. Of these, 61 are in intensive care.

Daily localised figures remain unavailable, but data released on Thursday show across Limerick, there were almost 800 new cases locally up to last Monday.