Photo: Niall Carson/PA WirePeople in Dublin have been encouraged to keep their social contacts as low as possible as 133 of the 231 new daily cases were reported in the capital. The Department of Health was today notified of 231 additional Covid-19 cases nationwide and no further deaths. There is now a total of 29,534 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. 48pc are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case, while 54 cases have been identified as community transmission. “However, it is now really important that people in Dublin keep their social contacts as low as possible.

Source: Irish Independent September 05, 2020 16:40 UTC