The Department of Health has reported a significant decrease in the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the past week. The 14-day incidence rate of the disease is now below 200 cases per 100,000 people.
This means Ireland now has the 5th lowest disease incidence rate out of 31 European countries. However, there is concern that the pace of reduction in virus incidence continues to be slow in Co Donegal.
As of 8pm last night, there were 279 people hospitalised with Covid-19, down four on the figure the previous evening. There were 20 new cases admitted to hospital over the previous 24 hours, while there were also 110 suspected cases.