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A player has tested positive, while the Lions have identified 12 close contacts.
Many critics blame President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimise the disease as the reason behind the toll.
Five test centres opened this week across the country.
158 people are in intensive care.
The INMO is also calling on the HSE to improve daily communications with staff.
Ireland is in a “serious phase” of its current surge, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).
The measures will remain in place until at least the end of January.
On 15 April, 881 people with Covid-19 were in hospital.
It was identified in fewer than 10% of swabs in a small batch anaylsed.
59 people have been admitted to hospital since yesterday morning.
The government is expected to announce new restrictions this afternoon.
The CMO Dr Tony Holohan said this wave is “happening much, much sooner after the last one”.