Dr John Cuddihy, HSE director of public health (left), and Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan during a press conference at Department of Health in Dublin after the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) © Catalyst Dr John Cuddihy, HSE director of public health (left), and Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan during a press conference at Department of Health in Dublin after the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) Four new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed tonight.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said it has been informed of four new confirmed case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Ireland.

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The four patients are understood to have travelled from the same affected area in Northern Italy.

They include are two male and two female patients, from the western part of the country.

A cleaner wearing a protective suit sanitises seats at the San Paolo stadium ahead of the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final between Napoli and Inter Milan, which has since been postponed as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, in Naples, Italy, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca © Catalyst A cleaner wearing a protective suit sanitises seats at the San Paolo stadium ahead of the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final between Napoli and Inter Milan, which has since been postponed as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, in Naples, Italy, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

A second person tested positive in the Republic of Ireland yesterday while two new coronavirus cases confirmed in Northern Ireland today.

This brings the total number of cases on the island of Ireland to 9.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health, said: “Tonight we can confirm there are now six cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. Contact tracing is underway for these four new cases.”

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “There is still no evidence of widespread or sustained community transmission in Ireland, as seen in some other EU countries.

“While we now have six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland, we continue our containment efforts, central to which is that the public know what to do in the event they have symptoms.”

A second and third person have tested positive for Coronavirus in Northern Ireland. 

Cleaners wearing protective suits sanitise locker rooms at the San Paolo stadium ahead of the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final between Napoli and Inter Milan, which has since been postponed as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, in Naples, Italy, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca © Catalyst Cleaners wearing protective suits sanitise locker rooms at the San Paolo stadium ahead of the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final between Napoli and Inter Milan, which has since been postponed as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, in Naples, Italy, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

The cases are not connected. One recently returned from Northern Italy. The second had contact with a person elsewhere in the UK who tested positive for COVID-19.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health said: "Testing of patients in Northern Ireland has resulted in two further presumptive positive results for coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing the total to three since testing began.

(Left to right) Dr John Cuddihy, HSE director of public health, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, and Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn, during a press conference at Department of Health in Dublin after the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) © Catalyst (Left to right) Dr John Cuddihy, HSE director of public health, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, and Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn, during a press conference at Department of Health in Dublin after the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) "In line with established protocols, these Northern Ireland test outcomes have been sent to Public Health England laboratories for verification.

"The two cases are not connected. One individual recently travelled from Northern Italy. The other had recent contact with a person elsewhere in the UK who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19."


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