The latest news as of 6.15pm on Thursday 5 November
3 deaths and 591 cases confirmed:
the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been informed of 3 additional deaths among people with COVID-19 in Ireland
there have been 1,933 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland
591 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed
there have now been 64,046 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
as of 2pm today (Thursday), 302 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. There have been 20 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours