HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE confirmed that a further three people with Covid-19 have died in this country. 

It means that the number of people in this country with the coronavirus who have sadly died is 1,709 

The National Public Health Emergency Team has also said that a further 14 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, brining the total in this country to 25,334.

In the cases confirmed up until Sunday night, 57% are female and 43% are male with 8,139 cases associated with healthcare workers. 

No new deaths were recorded on the island of Ireland yesterday, the first time this has happened since March. 

In a statement this evening, chief medical officer Dr. Tony Holohan provided an update on the number of tests carried out this week. 

“As of midnight Monday 14 June, 386,572 tests have been carried out. Over the past week, 18,758 were carried out. 146 tests were positive, giving a positivity rate of 0.8%,” he said. 

At a briefing in the Department of Health last night, Holohan said that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a statistical increase in deaths in this country in March and April but not in May. 

Holohan also said last night that there had been no Covid-19 admissions to ICU since 9 June.