There has been one coronavirus-related death and 395 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health in the past 24 hours.
The number of people in ICU is 39, an increase of one compared to yesterday. A press briefing is taking place this evening to discuss all the latest Covid-19 developments led by Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan.
Earlier today, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar advised people looking to book flights home for Christmas not to do so at the moment. Speaking in the Dáil, Mr Varadkar said it was "too soon" for people to book flights returning to Ireland.
His remarks came as two privately operated Covid-19 testing centres opened in Cork and Shannon airports. Also today, the Irish Airline Pilots Association called for the