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7 Jan
MORE than 20,000 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported across Ireland for the second day in a row.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre says it has been notified of 21,926 new confirmed cases of the disease this Friday.
Separately, the UL Hospitals Group has confirmed a major reduction in routine and non-urgent care across its six sites has been extended for a week.
This is because around 13% of it's staff are currently absent and unavailable for work due to Covid-19.
In an update this Friday evening, the Department of Health says there were 936 patients with Covid-19 in hospital at 8am of which 84 were in ICU.
This compares to 941 and 90 24-hours earlier.