County Donegal has now gone 3 weeks without any new cases of Covid 19 which is very positive for the northwest as Co.Sligo leads the way with no new cases reported in the last 26 days.

County Kerry have had no positive cases in 23 days.

Co.Mayo have had no new cases in 12 days with Gaway been reset back to 1 after a new confimed case there.

Derry City and Strabane district have had no new cases in 7 days with Fermanagh and Omagh district with no reported cases also in 7 days

The Department of Health has said a further eight people have died following a diagnosis of Covid-19 in Ireland.

It brings the overall death toll here to 1,703.

A further eight additional cases were also notified to the department bringing the total 25,238.

Of the deaths, 721 or 42.3% occurred in hospital settings and 85 or 5% in an intensive care setting.

There are currently 28 people in ICU with Covid-19 and 86 in hospital beds overall.

There have been no new Covid-19 admissions to hospital in the last 24 hours.

The chair of the Epidemiological Modelling Group advising the National Public Health Emergency Team has said that the Covid-19 situation here is "stable or declining. On average this week we have had 14 new cases a day, compared to 50 this time last week".

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said NPHET had "no change" regarding advice on face coverings.

He said efforts need to be redoubled toward ensuring people wear face coverings in enclosed spaces, adding there is concern that there is a belief a face covering removes the need for other measures.

"The advice remains to wear them on public transport and in enclosed settings such as retail outlets. We do think the message needs to be re-enforced. The level of compliance is not where it needs to be."

Dr Holohan said wearing a face covering does not obviate from the need for good hygiene and social distancing.He said "we need to give clearer consistent communication to people on face coverings" and said there would be a campaign on this rolled out early next week.