Dublin [Ireland], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Ireland reported 242 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national tally to 74,468, the country's health authorities said in a statement.

No new COVID-19 deaths were recorded, with the country's death toll from the disease standing at 2,099, said the statement.

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As of Monday afternoon, 223 patients of the disease are hospitalised, 28 of them in intensive care units, it added. (ANI/Xinhua)

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