The latest news as of 5.45pm on Tuesday 3 November
5 deaths and 322 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 1,922 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland
322 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed
there have now been 63,048 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
as of 2pm today (Tuesday), 296 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 42 are in ICU. There have been 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours