The Department of Health has announced there have been 24 new confirmed cases of the virus in the country.

Three more people with Covid-19 have died, officials said today.

The staffing crisis in nursing homes is “escalating” as the promised redeployment of personnel to tackle Covid-19 is not happening.

Ireland has experienced heightened delays in recent times in terms of testing, most specifically in terms of results being delivered to people who have been swabbed.