Coronavirus: Three more deaths confirmed in Ireland - 22 in total

There are also 302 new confirmed cases of the virus, the National Public Health Emergency Team announced.

Three more deaths of patients who had contracted Covid-19 have been confirmed, bringing to 22 the total number of deaths in Ireland so far.

In new figures, released on Friday evening by the Department of Health, in the 24 hours up to 1pm on Thursday, the deaths involved a male in the north-west of the country and two females in the east.