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Ireland has seen a slight increase in the number of cases of the Delta variant first identified in India.
The number of cases sequenced through May 20 is 126, an increase of 10 from the previous figure at the start of the month.
Delta variants here represent 1% of sequenced cases.
The Health Protection Surveillance Center said most of the specimens of Covid-19 cases to be sequenced for week 19 have been sent to Germany, due to the cyber attack and these results are yet to return .
Meanwhile, eight adult hospitals have no Covid-19 hospital patients today, including St James’s Hospital in Dublin and hospitals in Sligo, Galway and Waterford.
Dublin’s three children’s hospitals at Temple Street, Crumlin and Tallaght are also Covid-19-free inpatients.
Health Services CEO Paul Reid tweeted that there was “more good news this morning.”
More good news this morning. 8 adult hospitals now have zero # covid19 hospitalized patients (St James’s, Naas, Tullamore, Sligo, Galway, Kilkenny, Mercy, Waterford). Also the three children’s hospitals at Temple St, Crumlin and Tallaght. Great relief for patients, the public and staff. @HSELive
– Paul Reid (@paulreiddublin) June 11, 2021
Figures released by the HPSC show that in the two weeks leading up to midnight Wednesday there were 5,370 confirmed cases of Covid-19 – the average age was 28.
The HSE said the cyber attack on its computer systems means this data has been collected by its Covid-19 care tracker and can be updated when the systems are fully restored.
A third of those who tested positive had no symptoms and 70% were close contacts of a confirmed case.
Dublin recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases during this period with 1,750 confirmed cases. Limerick had 890 and Cork followed with 474.
At the height of the third wave of the virus on January 18, 2,020 people were being treated in hospital with coronavirus.
Last night, 59 people with Covid-19 were hospitalized, including 23 in intensive care units.
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Additional reports Dyane Connor
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