Covid-19 cases slow down significantly but focus shifts to nursing homes

Ireland’s death toll from Covid-19 has risen past 600 after a further 39 people lost their lives to the disease.

The latest daily statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) said that 610 people have now died from the novel coronavirus, with 493 new cases of the illness confirmed, a steep change on the previous day’s figure of 778.