617 new cases of Covid - including six in Longford

As of midnight Thursday 8 October the HPSC has been notified of 617 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 40,703 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

123 in Dublin, 107 in Cork, 42 in Meath, 36 in Kerry, 35 in Galway and the remaining 274 cases are located across 21 counties.

Longford's total has risen by six to 394.

Leitrim's total has grown by one to 125 and three more cases in Roscommon ahs brought its total to 513.