The Department of Health have announced that a further 24 people have sadly died from coronavirus in Ireland.
The death toll in the country from COVID-19 now stands at 1,488.
Officials confirmed a further 107 cases of the deadly bug bringing the total to 23,242.
It comes as Health Minister Simon Harris earlier confirmed the number of patients in ICU continues to drop.
Minister Harris took to Twitter this morning to thank the public for their continued efforts in the battle against the deadly virus.
He said: "Number of patients in ICU with COVID-19 has reduced today to 69.
"Your efforts are helping. Your efforts are saving lives. Keep at it.
"And we send our best wishes & thoughts to the 69 patients, their families & the incredible healthcare staff caring for them."
Speaking at this evening's briefing, Dr Tony Holohan said: Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: "We are continuing to examine the progress of the disease and though we are still making progress, which is giving us real encouragement, we need to keep going.
"We still have 70 people in ICU and over 500 people in hospital. We have more work to do."
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Sunday 10th May (23,089 cases), reveals:
· 57% are female and 42% are male
· the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
· 3,031 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 386 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 6,906 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 11,235 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,337 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,234 cases (5%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 61%, close contact accounts for 36%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
As of midnight Monday 11 May, 258,808 tests have been carried out.
Over the past week, 44,047 tests were carried out and of these 1,466 were positive, giving a positivity rate of 3.3%.
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