Covid-19 Update: Wed. 15th July 2020 – 2 Deaths – 14 New Cases

The Cabinet has decided that the reopening of pubs and nightclubs will now rightly be deferred to August 10th 2020; with crowd size limits likely to stay as they are, under a proposal contained in a memo to Government.

The government will also discuss a proposal to further extend the regulation requiring face coverings on public transport, which was welcomed and came into effect on Monday last.

Meanwhile, the total number of Covid-19 virus cases confirmed here in Co. Tipperary; remains currently at 543, with no new cases for the sixth day in a row.

This evening, the Department of Health has confirmed that there have been sadly 2 new death caused by this pandemic, leaving the overall death toll here in the Republic at 1,748.

However, there were 14 new additional cases reported to the Department of Health, leaving the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, at 25,683.

Of these new 14 new cases notified by county and recorded over the past 24 hours, we are aware that in total 15 other cases appear to have been reclassifications. In all at least 29 cases, over the past 24 hours, are confirmed as being in the following counties:- Co. Dublin, in total there are 12,326 (14 new cases), Co. Kildare 1,517 (3 new cases), Co. Meath 817 (5 new cases), Co. Cork 1550 (4 new case), Co. Wicklow 709 (1 new case), Co. Sligo 148 (stable today), Co. Mayo 573 (stable today), Co. Limerick 589 (stable today) Co. Waterford 166 (stable today) and Co. Kerry 316 (2 new cases).