Coronavirus: Ten more deaths in Ireland as six clusters in nursing homes

It was also announced this evening that there are 255 more confirmed cases in the Republic, 1,819.

Six clusters of Covid-19 have now been found in Irish nursing homes, but families are still being urged to keep away from their loved ones.

That warning came from the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan as the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Ireland rose by 10 to 19 and the number of cases by 255 to 1,819. Today’s deaths were three females and seven males, nine in the east and one in the south.