An immunologist has said the policy of opening everything - schools, universities, colleges and pubs - during a month when cases are steadily increasing is concerning.
Dr Tomás Ryan, Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, said while he found yesterday's figure of 307 confirmed cases "a little bit shocking", people should not be alarmed by daily figures as "no one day can tell us that much".
It was the highest daily increase in cases reported since mid-May and brings the cumulative total number of cases in Ireland to 30,080 with 1,778 deaths.
73% of the cases reported involve people under the age of 45 and 64% of cases are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts