Covid-19: 15 more deaths, but lowest number of new cases in two months

THERE have been 15 more deaths from Covid-19 conveyed to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

The 15 additional deaths bring Ireland’s death toll to 1,533.

Health officials have been notified of 92 new confirmed cases of Covid-19.

The total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak has now passed 24,000. There have been a total of 24,048 positive cases of the coronavirus.

“Today is the first time we have seen the number of confirmed cases fall below 100 since mid-March,” said Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer in the Department.