New Covid-19 cases with NPHET concerned over Indian variant Reporter: '); Ireland's fight against Covid-19 is "stable" but there is concern for how easily and rapidly the Indian variant is spreading here, according to this Friday's report by the National Public Health Emergency Team. Latest figures for Laois and other counties remain unavailable a week since the ransomware attack on the HSE's computer systems. However NPHET has released its daily national update this Friday May 21, reporting another 524 new cases of Covid-19. As of 8am today, 107 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.