50 more deaths from COVID-19

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been informed of 50 more deaths as a result of COVID-19. All of the deaths occurred this month.

There have been 3,498 new cases of the virus - 1,182 are in Dublin, 421 in Cork, 258 in Limerick, 187 in Galway, 164 in Waterford, and 90 in Kerry.

As of 2pm today, 1,850 people with COVID-19 were hospitalised, 184 of whom are in ICU.

2,536 people have died from coronavirus since the pandemic started; there have been 166,548 confirmed cases in Ireland.