Eight new Covid-19 cases for entire west region

The province of Connaught has witnessed just eight new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the report published this evening.

They were shared between Mayo, Galway and Leitrim.

Mayo's tally increased by three to 541, Galway had a similar rise to 405 while Leitrim jumped two to 77.

Roscommon and Sligo remained stable on 298 and 128, respectively.

Of the 1,444 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the province, a high percentage have recovered to date.

Nationally, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 10 people with COVID-19 have died.

There have now been a total 1,506 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of 11 a.m. today the HPSC has been notified of 426 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

There is now a total of 23,827 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight on Tuesday, revealed 7,123 cases are associated with healthcare workers.

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said: "All indicators of the spread of Covid-19 are decreasing, including the average number of cases per day, number of people in hospital and ICU, admissions to ICU and number of reported deaths per day.

"This is reinforced by our estimate reproduction number which is currently stable between 0.4 and 0.6. We will be monitoring this figure and the overall number of infections in the population very closely over the coming weeks."