• Covid 19: Dept of Health confirms 41 more deaths and 832 new cases, including 284 results returned from German laboratory.

• The latest figures mean that 406 people diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland have now died, while there are 11,479 confirmed cases

• 90,646 tests have been carried out, according to the Dept of Health.

• Of the 41 deaths reported today, 36 of these were in the east of the country, four were in the west and one was in the south.

• Of the 41 deaths, 25 were male and 16 were female. 

• Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that 31 of the 41 people who died had underlying medical conditions. 

• There are now 264 cases in Donegal

Ten more people have died in hospital from Covid-19 in Northern Ireland.

In total, there have been 134 recorded hospital deaths in relation to coronavirus.

There are 85 new cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,967.

To date 13,095 have been tested in NI, up 462 from yesterday.

Nursing Homes Ireland is to meet the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, this evening to discuss measures being taken to combat Covid-19 in care settings as figures show almost half of all deaths are in that sector.

CEO Tadhg Daly said it is very challenging for the sector with a large number of clusters and he wants to ensure that all of the measures announced by the Government last week will be implemented.

He said there are two key issues: staffing and PPE.

Mr Daly said the sector is struggling to deal with staffing with many isolating or waiting for tests to be carried out.

He said there must also be a sense of hope as he is aware of many people in nursing homes who have recovered from Covid-19.

Mr Daly said it is essential that nursing homes without cases must be supported to ensure they remain in that position.

Deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 602 on Tuesday, up from 566 the day before, posting a second consecutive daily increase, but new infections slowed to 2,972 from 3,153, seeing the smallest daily tally since 13 March. 

The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on 21 Febuary rose to 21,067, the Civil Protection Agency said, the second highest in the world after that of the United States.

The number of officially confirmed cases climbed to 162,488,the third highest global tally behind those of the United States and Spain.

There were 3,186 people in intensive care on Tuesday against 3,260 on Monday - an 11th consecutive daily decline.

Of those originally infected, 37,130 were declared recovered against 35,435 a day earlier.

Georgia will lock down four big cities, including the capital Tbilisi, for 10 days from Wednesday in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The proposed lockdown needs to be initiated by the president and approved by parliament.

At a press briefing, Georgian prime minister Giorgi Gakharia said that international financial institutions and donors have agreed to provide $1.5bn of support for Georgia, with an additional $1.5bn for the private sector.

Georgia has reported 296 coronavirus infections and three deaths.

Denmark's government wants to reopen society quicker than previously anticipated, as the number of coronavirus-related hospitalisations continue to fall.

Prime minister Mette Frederiksen said: "The number of hospitalisations have not risen, they have fallen. And the number of people in intensive care is also falling." 

The proposal will be discussed with other parties in parliament later today.

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