Covid deaths approach 3,000 milestone

Nigel Pim, 51,  from Waterford died of Covid-19 in January. Picture: Waterford News & Star

More than 100,000 cases of Covid-19 and over 750 deaths have been recorded in Ireland since Christmas Day, as the Covid death toll approaches 3,000 this week.

The number of new cases confirmed since Christmas accounts for more than half (55%) of the more than 188,000 cases detected since the pandemic took hold in March last year.