Nine further Covid-19 deaths, 24 new cases

The most recent figures were released on Saturday evening.

Nine more people have died in relation to Covid-19, with a further 24 new cases confirmed. It takes the death toll in Ireland to 1,678 and the total number of confirmed cases to 25,183. Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,127 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,528 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,423 cases (6%). The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in Ireland has continued to drop, with a reported 123 people currently hospitalised with the virus. https://twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD/status/1269170728026464257?s=20 In Northern Ireland, there was one more death from Covid-19 reported on Saturday, bringing the death toll up north to 537. These figures were released the day after the Government announced that Ireland is accelerating its lockdown lift. This means that there will be no more Phase 5, and from Monday, the country will begin to reopen even more than it has already done, with Phase 2 beginning.