1,247 more people have been infected with Covid-19, and 15 more patients have died.

430 of the latest cases are in Dublin, with 97 in Wexford, 87 in Cork, 84 in Limerick, 76 in Galway and 473 mores spread across all other counties.

Elsewhere across the region there are 30 new cases in Mayo, 15 in Sligo, 8 in Roscommon and 6 in Leitrim.

Incidence rates have continued to fall, but one in every two hundred people in the country has tested positive in the last fortnight.

39 more people with the virus have been admitted to hospital, bringing the total to 1,516.

211 are receiving intensive care.