Coronavirus update: Cases creep up, 127 in past 24 hours

Official figures show that 127 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the patest 24 hour period while 86 people recovered from the virus.

During the same period an elderly male patient died from Covid-19 related illness.

Active cases has now crept up to 1,189 while there are 48 patients in Mater Dei Hospital, of whom 3 are in ITU.