The Department of Health has confirmed 825 new cases of coronavirus in the Republic today.
One further death has also been reported.
254 of today's cases were in Dublin, 147 were in Cork, 39 in Cavan, 38 in Donegal, 37 in Kildare and the remaining 310 across 20 other counties.
30 is the median age of the new cases.
There have now been 43,531 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and 1,827 deaths.
224 confirmed cases of COVID-19 are currently being treated in Irish hospitals.
While 20 new hospitalisations have happened in the past 24 hours, which is included in the total.
32 coronavirus patients are being treated in intensive care units.
COVID-19 hospitalisations in Ireland
Post Covid Or Long Covid Described By Young Doctor
Dr. Owen O'Flynn spoke at today's press conference to outline his experience with what has been nicknamed 'Long Covid.'
His experience started in March, when he lost his sense of taste and smell. He didn't qualify for a test yet.
About a month later Owen began to feel sick after a day of working in a Covid ICU ward. He was tested and it came back negative.
However, he says, "my symptoms at that time were stomach pain, temperature spikes, profuse sweating, constant vomiting and diarrhoea as well as a rash on various parts of my body- particularly my hands and my feet. "
He was admitted to hospital for what he thought was a stomach problem, he was tested again and it was negative, again.
"Two days later my oxygen levels dropped and a chest x-ray revealed a new lesion."
So he was tested again, "the results of which showed I had had a COVID-19 infection around 4-6 weeks prior."
Dr Owen O'Flynn. Image: Kacey O'Riordan'In The Space Of a Minute I Was Unable To Finish A Sentence'
Owen told of how he wasn't able to get any words out, the sudden deterioration sent him to ICU.
He suffered acute heart failure and acute respiratory failure.
He thought to himself, "At that point I started to wonder would I ever get out of ICU, would I die in there?"
However, he did get out eventually, "I was discharged to the ward from ICU and a week later I was discharged home. "
"It took 6 weeks from discharge to regain a sense of normality."
