The Minister for Health Simon Harris has said there has been a "slight potential increase" in the Reproductive Rate of the coronavirus.
Minister Harris told the Dáil that the data suggests that the rate is now between 0.4 and 0.7. However, he said the number still remains below 1 and that means we are still suppressing the growth of the virus.
The Minister said figures from the HPSC show that as of Midnight on 30 May, 110 Covid outbreaks in residential care facilities have been concluded.
Of those, he said, 61 are in nursing homes. Last week, that figure was 29. That is an additional 32 nursing homes that have had no Covid cases for 28 days.