The Department of Health has confirmed a further 25 people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland bringing the overall death toll to 235.
365 more cases of the coronavirus have also been diagnosed in the Republic, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 6,074.
The total of deaths in Northern Ireland has now risen to 78, as 84 new cases of the disease were confirmed, bringing the total figure to 1,339.
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