The latest news as of 5.30pm on Tuesday 27 October
5 deaths and 720 cases confirmed:
the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been informed of 5 additional deaths among people with COVID-19 in Ireland
there have been 1,890 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland
720 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed
there have now been 58,767 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
as of 2pm today (Tuesday), 341 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. There have been 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours