The Department of Health has reported 211 number of new cases of coronavirus and one further death, with the Acting Chief Medical Officer urging people to limit their contacts this weekend.
It brings the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 to 30,571, with 1,781 deaths associated with the virus. More than half of the new cases reported are in Dublin, with 121 cases reported there.
There were 17 cases reported in Louth, with ten in Limerick, eight in Cork, and seven each in Westmeath and Wicklow. Six of the cases were reported in Laois, along with five each in Donegal and Galway.
The remaining 24 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, and Waterford.