This three-storey Dalkey home has the most beautiful sloping gardens
This three-storey Dalkey home has the most beautiful sloping gardens

IMAGE

Real Weddings: Kelly and Sean’s show-stopping wedding in Co Kerry
Real Weddings: Kelly and Sean’s show-stopping wedding in Co Kerry

Shayna Healy

WIN a bundle of Max Benjamin wall fragrance diffusers worth €165
WIN a bundle of Max Benjamin wall fragrance diffusers worth €165

Megan Burns

If networking is a super power then Mary McKenna deserves a cape
If networking is a super power then Mary McKenna deserves a cape

Fiona Alston

The sunglasses team IMAGE are reaching for this summer
The sunglasses team IMAGE are reaching for this summer

Sarah Gill

Page Turners: ‘Assembling Ailish’ author Sharon Guard
Page Turners: ‘Assembling Ailish’ author Sharon Guard

Sarah Gill

A seafront Skerries home has been given a luxe update with rich colours and hotel-inspired details
A seafront Skerries home has been given a luxe update with rich colours and hotel-inspired...

Megan Burns

Calling all Irish entrepreneurs: The Pitch 2025 is open for applications
Calling all Irish entrepreneurs: The Pitch 2025 is open for applications

IMAGE

Money moves: Smart financial strategies for every chapter of your life
Money moves: Smart financial strategies for every chapter of your life

IMAGE

Tried and tested: the world’s most powerful cordless stick vacuum cleaner
Tried and tested: the world’s most powerful cordless stick vacuum cleaner

Megan Burns

Image / Editorial

Coronavirus update: First Covid-19 death recorded in Ireland


By Edaein OConnell
11th Mar 2020
Coronavirus update: First Covid-19 death recorded in Ireland

The first Coronavirus related death has taken place in a hospital in the east of the country earlier today


The Republic of Ireland has recorded its first Covid-19 related death.

The patient, who is believed to be elderly, died earlier today in a hospital in the east of the country. The deceased is understood to have initially had respiratory symptoms and was later diagnosed with the virus following a test.

An update on the death will be given later this evening by the National Public Health Emergency Teams at its daily briefing. The first case of Coronavirus in Ireland was diagnosed on February 29. Since then, a total of 34 cases have been confirmed in the Republic. The majority of these were as a result of travel to infected areas but two were connected to community transmission. It is believed the female who has died contracted the virus as a result of community transmission.

Both cases are currently being investigated by the HSE.

According to the Irish Independent, a patient with underlying health issues who contracted the virus in a Cork hospital is also seriously ill.

Criteria for testing is now including those with respiratory illnesses who have not travelled to infected areas. This is due to the possibility of continued community transmittal.

On Monday, Saint Patrick’s Day parades across the country were ordered to be cancelled as a preventative measure. Numerous sporting events have also been postponed. However, thousands of Irish racing fans are currently travelling to Cheltenham for its famous four-day racing festival. Cheltenham recorded its first Covid-19 case this week but no decision to cancel the sports event was made.


Read more: Coronavirus Diaries: The 28-year-old graphic designer from Dublin who’s living in self-isolation

Read more: Italy lockdown: what you can and can’t do when your country is restricted by coronavirus

Read more: Irish consumers outraged as shops use Covid-19 as ‘business opportunity’