Ireland
A further 219 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland, bringing the total number of cases here to 1,125. Two more deaths were also confirmed, meaning six people have died from Covid-19 here. Both patients were male and in the east of the country. At a press conference at the Department of Health in Dublin this evening, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said, to his knowledge, the males did not have underlying health conditions.
RTÉ presenter Claire Byrne has tested positive for Covid-19.
Italy
Italy, which has seen the most deaths of any nation, registered a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases. The death toll from the outbreak grew by 602 to 6,078, the head of the Civil Protection Agency said. While that is an 11% increase, it is the smallest nominal rise since last Thursday.
UK
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, 6,650 people have tested positive, 77,295 negative and 335 patients have died. That included 46 more deaths in England, as well as four more in both Scotland and Wales. Two people have died from the disease in Northern Ireland, though it did not record any further deaths on Monday.
France
France now has 19,856 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 3,176 more than the previous day, and the death toll from the virus has reached 860, a jump of 186 in 24 hours. There are 8,675 people in hospital with the virus, of whom 2,080 are in intensive care.
New York
The governor, Andrew Cuomo, said the state had 5,707 new cases, meaning it has confirmed 20,875 in total. Of those, 13% have needed to be cared for in hospital, around a quarter of whom are in intensive care, and 157 people have died.
A further 219 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland, bringing the total number of cases here to 1,125. Two more deaths were also confirmed, meaning six people have died from Covid-19 here. Both patients were male and in the east of the country. At a press conference at the Department of Health in Dublin this evening, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said, to his knowledge, the males did not have underlying health conditions.
RTÉ presenter Claire Byrne has tested positive for Covid-19.
Italy
Italy, which has seen the most deaths of any nation, registered a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases. The death toll from the outbreak grew by 602 to 6,078, the head of the Civil Protection Agency said. While that is an 11% increase, it is the smallest nominal rise since last Thursday.
UK
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, 6,650 people have tested positive, 77,295 negative and 335 patients have died. That included 46 more deaths in England, as well as four more in both Scotland and Wales. Two people have died from the disease in Northern Ireland, though it did not record any further deaths on Monday.
France
France now has 19,856 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 3,176 more than the previous day, and the death toll from the virus has reached 860, a jump of 186 in 24 hours. There are 8,675 people in hospital with the virus, of whom 2,080 are in intensive care.
New York
The governor, Andrew Cuomo, said the state had 5,707 new cases, meaning it has confirmed 20,875 in total. Of those, 13% have needed to be cared for in hospital, around a quarter of whom are in intensive care, and 157 people have died.
