Eighteen further Covid-19 cases in Donegal with seven deaths nationally

THERE were 18 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Donegal this evening.

Nationally, there were seven more Covid-19 related deaths announced this evening by health officials.

There have been a further 1,372 new cases of the coronavirus confirmed.

There have now been 2,977 deaths and 188,923 cases since the outbreak,

Of the cases notified today:  616 are men, 751 are women; 56 per cent are under the age of 45; The median age is 41.

502 cases are in Dublin, 164 are in Cork, 77 are in Wexford, 75 are in Waterford, 66 are in Louth and the remaining 488 cases are spread across all other counties.

In Donegal, there have been 1,177 new cases in the last 14 days.