Nine additional Covid related deaths and 443 new confirmed cases

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 9 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

3 of these deaths occurred in January, 2 in February, 3 in March and 1 in April.

As of midnight, Monday 5^th April, the HPSC has been notified of 443 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 

Longford, Roscommon and Leitrim have all reported fewer than 5 new cases in each county in the past 24 hours.

As of 8am this morning , 261 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised with  60  of them being treated in ICU.

Twelve more people have been admitted to  hospital as a result of Covid related symptoms in the past 24 hours.