This evening's Covid-19 briefing at the Department of Health heard that there is continuing progress in suppressing the transmission of Covid-19.
It comes following confirmation of no new coronavirus-related deaths and 437 further cases. Here are five takeaways from the briefing: 'Accelerated progress’ in suppressing Covid-19 The Chair of the National Public Health Emergency Team’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said that the average case counts have fallen by at least 100 week-on-week over the last four weeks.
Prof Philip Nolan said that NPHET is seeing sustained progress in suppressing transmission, "perhaps even accelerated progress".