Covid-19: 744 more cases and four further deaths; ban on inter-county travel came into effect

The Department of Health has confirmed 744 new cases of Covid-19 and 4 further deaths.

There have now been a total of 86,129 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 2,204 deaths related to the virus in Ireland.

According to rte “There have been 50 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours and the Chief Medical Officer expressed concern about the trajectory of the disease.

Dr Tony Holohan said: “We have seen a significant increase in the number of hospitalisations in the last two weeks from less than 190 to 324 today.

“This indicates a deteriorating disease trajectory nationally and is a significant reminder of the severity of this disease.”

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