Ten more people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Republic have died.
The Department of Health confirmed the patients were three women and seven men.
Nine were located in the east of the country and one was in the south.
There have now been 19 coronavirus-related deaths here.
The Department says the median age of the patients who passed away is 79 years; 68% were male and 32% were female.
A further 255 cases of the virus have also been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 1,819.
There are 22 confirmed cases in Waterford as of Tuesday.
Today’s data from HPSC, as of midnight, Tuesday 24th March (1,383 cases), reveals:
· 55% are male and 45% are female, with 66 clusters involving 295 cases
· The median age of confirmed cases is 46 years
· 340 cases (25%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 47 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 321 cases (23%) are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 774, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 154 cases (11%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known; community transmission accounts for 51%, close contact accounts for 22%, travel abroad accounts for 27%
