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Coronavirus: More Than 700 New Cases Reported

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

05:47 12 Apr 2020


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There have been 727 new coronavirus cases in Ireland.

This breaks down as 430 new confirmed cases reported by Irish laboratories, and 297 confirmed cases by a lab in Germany.

The latest figures also show 14 more people diagnosed with COVID-19 here have died.

Twelve of the deaths are in the east of the country and two are in the west.

This included six women and eight men.

There have now been 334 coronavirus-related deaths in Ireland.

With the latest German figures included, there are now a total of 9,655 confirmed cases in Ireland.

Coronavirus Cases Source: Government of Ireland

It comes as the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned the peak of the virus is still ahead.

In an Easter message on Twitter, he thanked everyone involved for slowing the spread of the virus.

But he warned: "We cannot lose focus, we cannot lessen our efforts - in fact we need to redouble them in the next few weeks".

"It's more important than ever that we persevere."

On the virus peak, he said: "It's possible that we haven't seen the peak yet - and when it comes, perhaps later this month, we will experience some of our darkest days.

"So we need to maintain our disciple and resolve in the knowledge that better days are to come".


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