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Coronavirus: Three More Deaths And 47 New Cases In Republic


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There have been another three coronavirus-related deaths in the Republic.

47 new cases of the virus have also been confirmed by the Department of Health this evening.

It brings the total number of cases to date to 25,111, while there have been a total of 1,659 deaths since the outbreak began.

As of midnight on Sunday, more than 22,000 people - or 90.6% of the total number of cases - had recovered from the virus here.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said NPHET will meet again tomorrow to review the country's response to the pandemic.

It comes as the Health Minister dashed hopes of some restrictions being lifted earlier than planned next week.

It will be announced on Friday whether the country is ready to move into phase two of reopening the country.

As part of phase two, people will be allowed to travel up to 20km from home and four people can gather indoors while socially distancing.

More shops will also be able to reopen.

The Taoiseach previously said if COVID-19 continued to be suppressed, some aspects of later phases could be brought forward.

However, Minister Simon Harris doesn't anticipate that happening as we progress from phase one.

He said: "My general sense of it is that the composition of phase two looks about right to me.

"My gut right now is that if we can successfully get through phase one and then phase two... that would be a real confidence building block for all of us."

Main image: File photo of Dr Tony Holohan. Picture by: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

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