Nine deaths of Covid-19 patients have been reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) on Tuesday. The team also reported 379 confirmed cases of the disease, bringing to 253,567 the total number of cases in the Republic. In Northern Ireland on Tuesday there was one more death linked to Covid-19, bringing the toll in the region since the onset of this pandemic to 2,148. The rapid Covid-19 tests are regarded as less accurate than the PCR test used by the Health Service Executive to detect infections. He said public health officials had expressed concerns that inaccurate negative results from the tests could give people “a false sense of security”.

Source: The Irish Times May 11, 2021 13:07 UTC