1,378 new cases of Covid-19 and sadly 23 further deaths.  As of 2pm Sunday, 1,931 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, of which 218 are in ICU.  There has been 44 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. Ciara spoke to Paul Reid, Chief Executive of the HSE .

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