One more Covid-19 death in Ireland

One more person has passed away from Covid-19 in Ireland, while 24 new cases have been confirmed.

The death is the country’s first from Coronavirus in three days.

There have now been 1,743 deaths in Ireland since the outbreak of the virus.

Another 24 new cases have been notified to the Department of Health, bringing to 25,538 the total number of infections.

Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “As of 5pm this evening, the Covid Tracker App had approximately 545,000 downloads. This is one more example of the solidarity and collective spirit that has characterised the Irish public’s response to Covid-19 to date.”