Irish coronavirus deaths double

The number of Covid-19 related deaths here has more than doubled in 24 hours. 

10 more people diagnosed with the virus have died, bringing the death toll to 19. 

There have also been a further 255 confirmed cases, meaning there are now 1,819 cases recorded. 

The National Public Health Emergency Team meets this morning, with health officials very concerned about increases in ICU admissions, clusters of nursing home cases, and the spread of the virus among health workers. 

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan says the death toll will continue to rise.

"aAthough it has increased substantially from yesterday it's still in relative terms a small number.

"We expect this infection to continue, and we expect to see the projections in terms of mortality percentage that we've seen in other county to be applied.

"We will unfortunately see additional deaths arising from that."