'We cannot afford to drop our guard now': Five deaths and 227 Covid-19 cases confirmed

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan said: “Covid-19 is still an extremely infectious disease which has the potential to lead to hospitalisation and even ICU admissions.

There have been five further deaths related to Covid-19, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has said.

This brings the death toll in Ireland to 2,102.