Covid-19: 25 deaths with 343 new cases

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health, Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Siobhán Kennelly, HSE National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead for Older Persons and Prof Philip Nolan, Chair of NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group pictured at Thursday's Covid-19 press conference this week. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.

25 more people have died from Covid-19 it has been confirmed.

There have now been a total of 1,286 deaths in Ireland from Covid-19.