The number of coronavirus deaths marked a new daily low on Sunday.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) said there were 12 further deaths of people with COVID-19 in Ireland.
This brings the total death toll here to 1,458, with a total of 22,996 confirmed cases of the virus here.
However the daily death toll of 12 is the lowest number of deaths seen since March 30th, when eight deaths were recorded.
The death toll has consistently gone above that each day, spiking at a high of 222 deaths on April 12th.
Meanwhile he Health Service Executive (HSE) has said the number of patients in Intensive Care Units has dropped by 55% since the height of the outbreak.
Speaking at the weekly briefing on Sunday, HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid said there were 72 patients in intensive care last night – down from a peak of 160.
There are currently 161 ICU free ICU beds in the health service and 1,242 general acute beds.
Data on all cases from the HPSC, as of midnight on Friday, reveals:
- 57% are women and 43% are men
- The median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
- 2,986 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
- Of those hospitalised, 383 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 6,771 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 11,068 (49% of all cases) - followed by Kildare with 1,324 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,207 cases (5%)
Of those for whom transmission status is known community transmission accounts for 61%, close contact is 36% and travel abroad accounts for 3%.
