The latest news as of 5.45pm on Wednesday 4 November
8 deaths and 444 cases confirmed:
the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been informed of 8 additional deaths among people with COVID-19 in Ireland
there have been 1,930 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland
444 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed
there have now been 63,483 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
as of 2pm today (Wednesday), 310 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. There have been 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours