Coronavirus Ireland: Staggering 23 counties record zero new cases as infections plummet

A staggering 23 counties have reported zero coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, new statistics show.

Just three areas saw an increase in Covid-19 infections as Ireland continues to drive the disease out of the community.

Dublin, Cork and Carlow saw a rise in case numbers of four, two and one respectively, according to the latest data released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

The figures are valid up to midnight on Monday, June 8.

It comes after it emerged that the number of people being treated in Irish hospitals with confirmed coronavirus is at its lowest level since before St Patrick's Day.

The latest figures from the HSE show that just 75 cases were being treated in a hospital setting as of 8pm on Wednesday.

This number is down from the peak of around 900 which was recorded in mid-April.

There were seven patients diagnosed in hospitals in the 24 hours prior to 8pm on Wednesday - four of these were in the Mater.

The Mater Hospital, Dublin (Gareth Chaney/Collins)

Despite the low number of confirmed hospitalised cases, there were still 200 people being treated in hospitals with suspected Covid-19.

This figure has fluctuated between 130 and 250 for several weeks, according to the HSE's daily operations reports.

In terms of critical cases, there were 29 confirmed cases being treated in an ICU on Wednesday night.

Here is the full county-by-county breakdown of confirmed cases:

County	Number of cases	% of total
Carlow	168	0.67
Cavan	858	3.4
Clare	368	1.46
Cork	1531	6.07
Donegal	470	1.86
Dublin	12163	48.24
Galway	483	1.92
Kerry	308	1.22
Kildare	1424	5.65
Kilkenny	345	1.37
Laois	262	1.04
Leitrim	84	0.33
Limerick	583	2.31
Longford	285	1.13
Louth	778	3.09
Mayo	570	2.26
Meath	804	3.19
Monaghan	531	2.11
Offaly	480	1.9
Roscommon	338	1.34
Sligo	128	0.51
Tipperary	540	2.14
Waterford	154	0.61
Westmeath	671	2.66
Wexford	216	0.86
Wicklow	670	2.66