A further 90 Covid-19 deaths recorded in Ireland

Another 90 deaths from Covid-19 in Ireland were reported by health officials this evening (Tuesday).

This has brought the total death toll to 3,066.

The median age of those who died is 83 years and the age range is 48-99 years.

A further 928 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were also reported. There is now a total of 189,851 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. 39 new cases were reported in Meath today.

As of 2pm today, 1,750 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 216 are in ICU. There have been 65 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Of the cases notified today: 418 are men and 506 are women, 50% are under 45 years of age and the median age is 44 years old.

There were 257 cases in Dublin, 115 in Cork, 71 in Louth, 53 in Galway, 45 in Limerick and the remaining 387 cases are spread across all other counties

Meanwhile the Government has decided to extend the Level 5 restrictions until 5th March with a view to crushing the numbers of those contracting the disease and in turn the numbers needing hospitalisation and intensive care.

People travelling into the country without a negative Covid-19 test along with arrivals from Brazil and South Africa will face a mandatory quarantine period in a hotel of up to 14 days.