DUBLIN: Ireland's Covid-19 daily cases have surged to a record high since January, according data released by the Irish Department of Health on Thursday (Friday in Manila). The department said in a statement that 2,605 new cases were reported in the day. As of Thursday morning, 487 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized and 99 were receiving treatment in intensive care units. On Wednesday, the department said 67 people in the country had died from or with Covid-19 in the past seven days, bringing the total number of such deaths in Ireland to 5,436. Ireland has further eased its Covid-19 restrictions recently with capacity limits on all outdoor events being lifted last Friday. It also removed the limit on the number of people allowed to attend weddings and religious ceremonies, and nightclubs opened for the first time in nearly 20 months.
