No new recorded covid 19 cases in Donegal for 8 days
Some good news again this Friday evening is that County Donegal has now gone 8 days without any new cases of Covid 19.
Co.Sligo leads the way with no new cases reported in the last 13 days followed by Kerry who have had no cases in 10 days.
Six more people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland bringing the overall death toll to 1,645.
A further 39 cases of the coronavirus have also been diagnosed in the Republic, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 24,876.
Up until 27 May, there were 24,837 cases of which 3,270 were hospitalised and 404 were admitted to intensive care.
Of these, 32% were healthcare workers with the male-female breakdown at 43%-57%.
There have been 404 admissions to intensive care in total.
There were 44 people in intensive care this morning with two additional admissions since yesterday.
The Chief Medical Officer said the "great majority" of the population is sticking with the restrictions and he encouraged them to continue to do so.
Dr Tony Holohan said he has seen no trends that give cause for concern.
"We have another week to go before we can make that final assessment. We want to maintain high levels of compliance and we know that has been a challenge."
Dr Holohan said he could not identify anything today that would lead to advice that restrictions be eased earlier, but issues relating to children may be added to advice next week.
The advice would be dependent on the stage of the disease, he added, and this will be formulated by the National Public Health Emergency Team next Thursday.
The Chief Medical Officer said the timeline on lifting restrictions was an "appropriate, risk-based reintroduction of economic and social activity" but it was not a "rigid structure" and was subject to change.
He said that while the 5km exercise limit may be expanded in the next phase, the message is still to "stay at home".
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, said people should keep a record of who they are meeting.
"People are out and about more, particularly with the bank holiday weekend and the good weather," he said.