Covid-19: No further deaths, 24 new cases confirmed

There were 24 additional new cases confirmed today by the Department of Health. There is now a total of 25,462 confirmed cases in Ireland.

"Hand washing, physical distancing, cough/sneeze hygiene and wearing face coverings are important personal behaviours that mean, as we go about our daily lives, that we are doing everything we can to avoid contracting the virus and spreading it to those we love." Dr Siobhán Kennelly, HSE Group Lead for Older Persons said: "Many restrictions have now been lifted and people are getting out more, including those who are over 70 or medically vulnerable.

There has been one further coronavirus-related death in Northern Ireland, taking the official toll there to 551.There are six new cases, bringing the cumulative total to 5,757.Earlier today, the chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said non-essential travel outside of Ireland is too big a risk to take.

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