The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet again later today to review the latest information about the spread of Covid-19 and consider its next move.
The meeting comes as all the evidence and modelling of the pandemic is indicating that the spread of the coronavirus in the community has been suppressed but that is still growing in nursing homes.
Data revealed yesterday indicated that the number of new coronavirus cases being detected in nursing homes is running at about 100 per day and rising, while the number of confirmed cases being detected in the community is just under 500 per day but trending downwards.