The Department of Health has announced that a further 43 people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 here have died. It brings the overall death toll here to 1,232.
The Department also confirmed 359 additional cases of the virus, bringing the overall number infected here to 20,612. Read more:More than 70 complaints to GSOC over use of Covid-19 powersNew door opens against virus with anti-viral handleLive coronavirus updates as they happenLatest coronavirus stories The figures come as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar earlier told the Dáil that a plan is being developed to relax the current Covid-19 lockdown, but any easing of the restrictions will be done gradually.