There has been one new death reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
It brings to 1,773, the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
The HPSC has been notified of 35 confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the national total to 26,801 after the denotification of 2 cases.
Of those 35, 5 are in Clare, 6 in Carlow, and the remaining 24 cases are spread across Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Meath, Offaly, Tipperary and Wexford.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Clare is now 411.
It is now known that 3 cases were detected in Clare yesterday.
Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “The number of confirmed cases notified to us daily is likely to rise and fall this week. It is important to look at the wider trends we see in this disease in Ireland for context, and not simply one day’s figures in isolation. It will be next week before we see if measures introduced last weekend in Kildare, Laois and Offaly have had the desired effect in suppressing COVID-19 in these areas and minimising community transmission.”
