Three new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified that one person diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland has died - bringing the total deaths to 1,735.

Three additional cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the State. There have now been 25,439 confirmed cases of the disease in Ireland.

Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of one confirmed case. The figure of 25,439 confirmed cases reflects this.

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

Although this is the lowest number of daily confirmed cases since early March, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, warned that a spike of 23 cases confirmed yesterday included ten people under the age of 35.

He said that this was a “real concern and a worrying trend” at a time when the country was starting to open back up, and many people reconnecting with loved ones.

As of Wednesday last, June 24, the total number of confirmed cases in Westmeath since the beginning of the outbreak in March stood at 672.