Covid-19: Nphet warns of an additional 9,000 cases when reporting backlog cleared 

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said on Friday: 'With the disease now not in control, we focus our public health actions on mitigation.' Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Nphet has warned that more than 9,000 additional cases of Covid-19 will be reported when the system catches up on this week’s cases, as the backlog between Covid-19 tests completed and reported continues to grow.

This comes as authorities reported a further 11 Covid-19-related deaths on Friday, and 1,754 new cases. This now brings the total number of deaths to 2,248, and confirmed or reported cases to 93,532.