Covid-19: 17 further deaths and record 7,836 new cases confirmed in Ireland

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan: "All counties have an upward trajectory of the disease. There is concerning escalation of admissions to hospital and ICU." File Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

Seventeen further coronavirus-related death have been confirmed by officials at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) this evening.  

This brings to 2,299 the total number of Covid-19-related deaths recorded in Ireland since the outbreak began.