Almost 50 Covid-19 deaths recorded since Monday

Chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, and president of the Intensive Care Society of Ireland, Dr Colman O’Loughlin, both said that adhering to public health measures is still the only way to protect ourselves pending the rollout of vaccines.

Almost 50 Covid-19 related deaths have occurred in Ireland since Monday, it emerged tonight as another 1,013 cases of the disease were confirmed.

The figures were reported amid new warnings about “challenging new patterns” in the disease which are leading to patients spending longer in hospital and with those who survive suffering more severe degrees of lung damage.