There are also 500 new confirmed cases.
A further 28 people have died to the coronavirus in Ireland today, the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed.
This means 263 have now lost their lives to Covid-19 in Ireland since the outbreak began.
Of the deaths announced today, 13 were males, and 15 were females. 22 of the deceased were from the east of the country while two were in the north west, two in the south and a further two in the west.
Meanwhile an additional 500 cases have been diagnosed, the highest figure recorded in a single day. It means the total number of confirmed cases in Ireland is now 6,574. Today's data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre shows that:
45% of confirmed cases are male and 53% are female
There are now 317 clusters involving 1,391 cases
The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
1,521cases (24%) have been hospitalised. Of those hospitalised, 230 cases have been admitted to ICU
1,765 of current cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 3557, (55% of all cases) followed by Cork with 472 cases (7%)
Howeverm the National Public Health Emergency Team’s modelling data has revealed that Ireland’s effort to date has greatly reduced the transmission of the virus.
The growth rate has reduced from 33% daily in the early weeks of this outbreak, to 9% this week. As well as that, the number of people, on average, that someone with COVID 19 is likely to infect was high at the beginning of the outbreak at 4.5.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
“The virus is still sustaining itself in our community. If we do not stay at home and practice physical distancing then we are not stopping the spread.
“It is crucial that each one of us take seriously the risks this virus poses, follows the guidelines and limit the opportunity for this virus to spread.
“We must follow the public health advice as closely as we possibly can so that we can limit the spread of the virus.
"Stay at home, practice physical distancing, practice hand hygiene, protect eachother."
