1,110 new cases of covid-19 reported

1,110 new cases of covid-19 are being reported today.

89 people with the virus are now in hospital, with 21 of those in ICU.

Positivity rates of up to 25 per cent are now being reported at some swabbing sites.

UCC Immunovirology Professor Liam Fanning says our testing capacity will soon be overwhelmed.