Some good news again this Bank hoilday Monday is that County Donegal has now gone 11 days without any new cases of Covid 19 .

Co.Sligo leads the way with no new cases reported in the last 16 days followed by Kerry who have had no cases in 13 days.

Wexford have had no positive tests in 12 days

The Department of Health has announced that a further one person who had previously been diagnosed with Covid-19 has died.

It brings the overall number of the deaths linked to the virus here to 1,650.

The department has also announced an additional 77 confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the overall number of cases here to 25,062.

The figures come as the number of patients in hospital with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 continues to reduce, according to the latest figures from the HSE.

The latest figures for the department show that of the 24,985 cases confirmed as of midnight last Saturday, over 13% of cases (3,286) required hospitalisation.

Of these, 408 overall had been admitted to intensive care.

Healthcare workers account for nearly 32% of all cases so far.

The median age of cases is 48, with a split of 57% female, and 43% male.

Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,052 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,514 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,417 cases (6%).

"We have now had more than 25,000 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland and while 90% of patients have recovered, more than 3,285 people have been hospitalised and sadly 1,650 have died," Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said.

He added: "Covid-19 is a new disease, for which we have no vaccine and we have no cure. As restrictions ease and we begin to resume social and economic life, we must do all we can to prevent a second wave.

"It is vital that we continue to practice hand and cough hygiene and social distancing, with the additional hygiene measure of face coverings in appropriate settings.

"It is important to give space to our vulnerable people when out and about.

"We must continue to do all we can to interrupt the spread of this virus."