Nine further deaths and 442 Covid-19 cases confirmed

Almost half of the confirmed cases are located in Dublin with the capital reporting 208 cases. This is followed by Cork with 32 cases, Kildare with 24, Meath with 20 and Donegal with 17.

There have been nine further Covid-related deaths confirmed this evening as the Health Minister claims one in six adults have received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Three of today's confirmed deaths occurred in January while two were in February, three were in March and the final one in April.