Nine deaths, seven new Covid cases, Mayo unchanged

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that nine people with Covid-19 have died.

There has now been a total of 1,763 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight on Wednesday, the HPSC has been notified of seven confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 25,826 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

The situation in Mayo remains with 574 cases, over 92% of which have recovered. 

Dr. Ronan Glynn, chief medical officer, said: "Two weeks ago, we expressed our concerns about worrying trends in the progression of Covid-19 in Ireland.

"Collectively, people in Ireland responded to this call for action and together have broken chains of transmission.

"This is a further demonstration of the power of people working together and rising to the continued challenge of this unprecedented pandemic.

"What we need now is to hold firm and keep up the good work."