There has been a further increase in the number of coronavirus clusters in nursing homes and hospitals, with 23 clusters in nursing homes and 21 in hospitals around the country.
According to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, a cluster is three or more cases in an institution within a 72-hour period.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is to consider bringing in new measures to combat the virus in nursing homes when it meets later today.
New data from the HPSC shows that nursing home clusters account for 20% of all clusters of the infection. The data is based on 2,475 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported up until midnight on Sunday, 28 March.