The Department of Health has announced that a further five people who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 have died. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Ireland now stands at 1,738.
There have been 15 additional confirmed cases, bringing the total number of cases to 25,489. The situation with Covid-19 in this country is currently "stable", according to Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the National Public Health Emergency Team Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group.
He said the reproductive number of the virus is "estimated to be closer to 1 than it has been in recent weeks". The 'R' number has increased from a low of 0.5 to a high of almost 1.