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DUBLIN, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A total of 992 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ireland on Monday, bringing the tally in the country to 10,647, according to the Irish Department of Health.

Of all the cases confirmed in the day, 465 cases were reported by a laboratory in Germany, said the department in a statement, adding that the remaining 527 cases were reported by local laboratories.

Earlier in the day, Paul Reid, CEO of the Health Service Executive (HSE), a state agency responsible for providing public health and social care services to people in the country, told local media that there are still 11,000 COVID-19 tests in backlog in the country, waiting to be completed due to the limited testing capacity in Ireland.

He said that there are now 25 testing facilities in the country, including one German laboratory which is commissioned for the testing of the cases sent by Ireland.

HSE's aim is to eliminate all the tests in backlog in the country by the end of this week, he said.

On Monday the Irish Department of Health also reported another 31 deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 365 in Ireland.

Statistics show that by Monday Ireland has become the 12th European country whose confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 10,000.

Ireland has a population of less than five million, which means more than two persons out of every 1,000 people in the country have contracted the COVID-19 virus.