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Covid-19: Two further deaths, 257 new cases, five additional cases in Waterford

Covid-19: Two further deaths, 257 new cases, five additional cases in Waterford
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299 people have tested positive for Covid-19 here and two more patients have died.

There are five more cases in Waterford, along with 94 in Dublin, 41 in Donegal, 27 in Wicklow, 14 in Louth and 13 in Limerick.

The remaining 105 cases are spread across 19 other counties.

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There are 257 Covid-19 in-patients in the Republic after seven more people were hospitalised -- with thirty now in intensive care.

There are two confirmed cases of the virus in University Hospital Waterford and 4 suspected cases.

As of 8 o'clock last night there is one patient with Covid-19 in UHW in Critical Care.

On average there were 92.3 cases per hundred thousand in the last fortnight, with the highest levels in Donegal, Louth and Limerick.

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