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09th Jan 2021

4,842 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland, nine more deaths

Alan Loughnane

Covid ireland

There have been 102 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of nine additional deaths related to Covid-19.

The HPSC has been notified of 4,842 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

1,049 of the cases are in Dublin, 530 in Cork, 514 in Waterford, 405 in Wexford, 247 in Louth and the remaining 2,097 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 2pm today, 1,293 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 119 are in ICU.

There have been 102 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Earlier today, Northern Ireland confirmed that a further nine people have died with Covid-19 in the region.

1,442 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Northern Ireland, the department of health has said.

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