The Department of Health has reported 17 more deaths from Covid-19 in Ireland, bringing the overall death toll to 137. It said 331 more cases of the coronavirus had also been diagnosed, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 4,604.
Earlier today, Minister for Health Simon Harris announced a range of new measures to support nursing home residents. Nursing home staff are to have their temperatures checked twice a day, as part of the new measures to tackle the coronavirus in these settings.
Forty clusters of infection have been identified in nursing homes so far - the majority in the east of the country. According to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, a cluster is three or more cases in an institution within a 72-hour period.