Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins DublinThere have been 506 new cases of Covid-19 and one further death confirmed by the Department of Health today. This takes the death toll of the virus in Ireland to 1,817 while the total case count stands at 40,086. There were a further 91 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Dublin today. 64pc of people diagnosed are under 45 years of age; 39pc are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case and 59 cases have been identified as community transmission. 91 new cases were confirmed in Dublin, 76 in Cork, 53 in Donegal, 42 in Meath and the remaining 244 cases are located across 21 counties.

Source: Irish Independent October 08, 2020 16:54 UTC