The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has this evening been notified of 9 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

7 deaths occurred in March, and 2 deaths occurred in February.

As of midnight, last night (Fri) 525 new cases of the virus were confirmed in the Republic.

There were 22 new cases in Galway, 9 in Roscommon, less than 5 in both Mayo and Sligo and no new cases in Leitrim.