Rise in the number of Covid-19 clusters emerging in private households

There have been no new cases of Covid-19 in Waterford in the past 24 hours.

There were no patients with coronavirus at University Hospital Waterford last night.

According to the HSE's Daily Operations Update there were no confirmed cases on site as of 8 o'clock.

However, there were 8 patients awaiting the results of Covid-19 testing.

Meanwhile there's been a rise in the number of Covid-19 clusters emerging in private households in recent days.

Two weeks ago, 6 clusters were confirmed in family homes, but that's risen to 16 in the past week.

4 more people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the death toll to 1,683, while there have been 25,207 confirmed cases.