Coronavirus: Three of ten new COVID-19 deaths were of people in north-west
Three of ten new deaths from COVID-19 confirmed by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in Dublin tonight were of patients in the north-west.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) was informed on Sunday that 10 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died, 8 male and 2 female.
Six deaths were located in the east of the country, three in the north-west of the country and one in the south.
The median age of today’s reported deaths is 77.
There have now been 46 COVID-19 related deaths in the 26 counties. There have now been 21 deaths in the north.
Sixty-seven people have now died from the illness in Ireland.