The coronavirus death toll in the Republic of Ireland has risen to 1,639 after a further nine deaths were announced by the National Public Health Emergency Team.
There have been 46 new confirmed cases of the disease in the Republic, taking the total to 24,841 since the outbreak began.
Professor Philip Nolan, who leads a team modelling Covid-19 trends in the Republic, said all the main indicators of the virus’s prevalence were either “stable or declining”.
He said Ireland’s reproduction number – the number of people an infected person infects – was currently estimated to be 0.5.
“ICU and hospital admissions and number of deaths per day continue to decline,” he said.
“The number of cases per day remains stable.
“Next week we will see figures that reflect the impact of Phase 1 measures on key disease spread indicators. It is our hope that the R-number will remain below one and our progress is preserved.”
Figures released show that of the 24,795 cases of coronavirus notified up to midnight on Tuesday, some 57 per cent of them were female and 43 per cent male.
The median age of confirmed cases was 48 years.
A total of 3,267 cases (13 per cent) were hospitalised and of those hospitalised, 404 cases have been admitted to ICU.
Cases are associated with healthcare workers sits at 7,920.
Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 40 per cent, close contact accounts for 58 per cent and travel abroad accounts for 2 per cent.
Two more people have died after contracting coronavirus in Northern Ireland, figures from the Department of Health have revealed.
Both deaths occurred since 10am yesterday, bringing the north's total number of coronavirus-related fatalities to 518.
There were another 16 positive cases for coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 4,663.
