79 more people with covid 19 have died and there are 1,414 new cases.

608 of the new infections are in Dublin, with 105 in Cork, 96 in Galway, 65 in Meath and 59 in Donegal.

There are 31 new cases in Mayo, 26 in Sligo, twelve in Roscommon and five in Leitrim.

The country's 14 day incidence rate has dropped to 536.6 per hundred thousand people.

1,492 patients in hospital with the virus, which includes 211 in intensive care.