The latest news as of 5.40pm on Saturday 24 October
4 deaths and 859 cases confirmed:
the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been informed of 4 additional deaths among people with COVID-19 in Ireland
there have been 1,882 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland
859 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed
there have now been 56,108 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
as of 2pm today (Saturday), 315 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 37 are in ICU. There have been 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours