An additional 54 cases of coronavirus and two further deaths have been reported to the Department of Health.

There has now been a total of 1,775 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland and 27,547 cases.

Of the cases notified yesterday evening, 27 are associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case, while eight are from community transmission.

There are no new cases reported in Connacht.

There were 19 cases in Dublin, eight in Kildare, five in Tipperary and the rest of the cases are in Carlow, Clare, Donegal, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Waterford and Wexford.