Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway now has 197 confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to the latest figures - an increase of 19 cases in the past 24 hours.
The number of confirmed cases of covid-19 in the Republic is now over ten thousand for the first time after 992 positive tests were reported last night.
31 more people infected with coronavirus have passed away - leaving the national death toll at 365.
The state's chief medical officer says any lifting of pandemic restrictions in the summer will be limited.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is set to meet later this morning.
Dr Tony Holohan says any move to ease the lockdown will be a fickle balancing act.
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