A further 36 people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland bringing the overall death toll to 210.

345 more cases of the coronavirus have also been diagnosed in the Republic, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 5,709.

27 of the new deaths were in the east of the country, six were in the northwest and three were in the south.

Of those deaths, 17 were female and 19 were male. The median age of those additional deaths is 81, and 24 of the 36 people had underlying health conditions.

In terms of transmission, community transmission accounts for two thirds of cases at 67%.

There are now 114 confirmed cases in Donegal.

Dr Cillian de Gascun reported that 42,484 tests have now been carried out, with 12,271 tests carried out in the last week.

19% of the tests done in the last week were positive.

Testing is now at 2,000 per day, the goal is to get to 15,000 per day which would allow for real-time testing, said Dr de Gascun.

In Northern Ireland, three more deaths have been reported from the coronavirus today, bringing the total number of deaths to 73.

There has been 97 new cases of Covid-19 diagnosed in the region, bringing the total number of infections to 1,255.

Around 80% of cases of Covid-19 will be a mild to moderate illness, close to 14% have severe disease and around 6% are critical.

Generally, you need to be 15 minutes or more in the vicinity of an infected person, within 1-2 metres, to be considered at-risk or a close contact.

Speaking this evening, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said we need to see continued levels of high compliance with the travel restrictions given the highest number of deaths was reported today.

He said the disease is still here, it still represents a risk to people and is being transmitted at a rate that gives concern.

Dr Holohan said we are not at a point yet where we are ready as a society to step back from the collective effort we have made.

Despite the good weather and bank holiday weekend, Dr Holohan said we must continue to double down on measures in place to interrupt the transmission of the infection.

He said the disease is still here, it still represents a risk to people and is being transmitted at a rate that gives concern.

Dr Holohan said we are not at a point yet where we are ready as a society to step back from the collective effort we have made.

Despite the good weather and bank holiday weekend, Dr Holohan said we must continue to double down on measures in place to interrupt the transmission of the infection.