Covid-19 death toll tops 6,000 as 20,909 new cases confirmed

The Department of Health confirmed that there are 1,055 patients with the virus in hospital, down seven from yesterday’s figures. File picture: PA
The death toll from Covid-19 has topped 6,000 as health officials confirmed there have been 83 deaths related to the virus in the last week.
It brings the death toll from the virus in Ireland to 6,035.