There have been 7,833 new cases of coronavirus confirmed across the country, with the cases identified using either a first LFD (lateral flow device) or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) positive test.
1,540 people were in hospital yesterday after recently testing positive with the virus, which is four fewer than the day before.
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