There have been a total of 802 cases of Covid-19 reported in the last two days, the Department of Health has said.
There were 447 cases reported up to midnight on Friday 14 May, and a further 355 cases reported up to midnight last night, the Department said.
There are 109 people with Covid-19 being treated in hospitals around the country, with 42 of these being treated in intensive care units.
Yesterday, the HSE said that daily Covid-19 figures were not available because of the disruption caused by a ransomware attack.
The Dept has said the figures provided today may change due to future data validation.
Meanwhile registrations for vaccinations for those in their 40s will be announced later this week and vaccinations for the age group are expected to begin later this month, according to the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer.
“We expect that to progress right through the later May and June,” Dr Colm Henry told RTÉ’s This Week programme.
Dr Henry said the vaccination programme is “unaffected” by the cyber attack on the HSE’s IT system and the testing system is also fully capable and continuing.
“Fortunately those parts of pandemic response are ploughing ahead and uninterrupted,” he said.
Regarding any possible changes to the use of the Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines for a wider cohort of people, Dr Henry said the relevant information has been received and an operational decision is expected be made in the middle of this coming week.
He added that the HSE needed time as it has just received the information.
“We want to progress with a safe vaccination programme at speed and using the stocks of vaccines in the most safe and effective way,” he said.