The National Public Health Emergency Team has confirmed that 77 more patients have died as a result of COVID-19 in Ireland.
It brings the country’s total death toll to 687, while this marks the biggest single daily increase in deaths since the virus outbreak began.
Nine new cases of COVID-19 have also been confirmed in Clare, which are among 687 new diagnoses nationally.
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This means 15,652 cases of the virus have been recorded in the Republic of Ireland so far; 160 of those in this county.
