More than one person a day died of Covid in October as total deaths top 8,000

The number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals had been dropping over the last week, but this increased slightly again today to 386.

Over 8,000 people have now died from Covid-19 in Ireland, the latest figures show as the virus continues to affect the population.

Up to Halloween the figures show 8,066 people had died, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre said. This includes 17 deaths during the last two weeks of October, more than one a day.