Eighteen more people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 have died in Ireland, the Department of Health has said. 17 of the 18 deaths reported today have been laboratory confirmed.
It brings the total number of deaths linked to the virus to 1,102. There have also been 386 more cases of coronavirus diagnosed here, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 19,648.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, said that of midnight on Saturday 25 April 2,625 cases had resulted in hospitalisation.
353 of these cases lead to people being admitted to Intensive Care Units. The median age of people diagnosed with the virus is 49 and 5,204 cases are associated with healthcare workers.