The Department of Health has said it has been informed of 44 new deaths related to Covid-19 and 388 new cases.
This brings the total to 730 deaths (1 death has been de-notified from earlier figures) and
388 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland.
There are now 16,040 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
The locations of the 44 deaths are:
| East of Ireland | 37 |
| West of Ireland | 2 |
| North-west of Ireland | 2 |
| South of Ireland | 3 |
Breakdown of the 44 deaths:
26 females and 18 males
the median age of the people who died was 87
33 people had underlying health conditions
There have now been 730 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Breakdown:
363 (49.7%) deaths occurred in a hospital setting;
47 (6.4%) occurred in Intensive Care Units (ICU);
396 males (54%) and 333 females (46%);
And the median age was 83
