Thirty-seven more Coronavirus deaths reported

The Department of Health has been notified of the deaths of 37 more people who had been diagnosed with Coronavirus in Ireland.
The data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) shows that, to date, there have been 831 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
The latest figures, as of 1pm today (Friday), April 23, show that the HSPC has been notified of 577 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Ireland since March 1 to 18,184. 
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread. 
The number of confirmed cases in County Cavan remains at 466; while there are 249 positive cases of the virus in County Monaghan. Those figures are valid as of midnight on Tuesday, April 21, the latest time for which county by county figures are available.

Earlier today, it was revealed that Cavan is now the county with the highest rate of infection of Coronavirus, having overtaken Dublin in recent days.
There are now 611.7 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the county per 100,000 of population. It equates to 466 COVID-19 positive cases in real terms.
The figures are valid as of midnight, April 21, the latest time for which this level of analysis is available. They are also based on the 2016 Census of Population.
The data is contained in a report 'Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland' prepared by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
The infection rate in Dublin, the county with the largest number of confirmed cases in Ireland, meanwhile, is 609.8 cases per 100K of population.
Cavan and Dublin are the only two counties to exceed the 600-mark or even the 500-mark for the rate of infection per 100K.
Westmeath is next on a rate of 445, followed by County Monaghan on 406 (a total of 249 cases).