Ireland now 'in mitigation phase' as 13 deaths and record 1,718 new Covid-19 cases confirmed

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan: "Given the current levels of transmission in the community, every individual should consider themselves potentially infectious." File Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Thirteen further deaths from Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening by the Department of Health.

The newest figures bring the total number of Covid-19 related deaths here to 2,226.