Over 5,000 healthcare workers in Ireland have now been struck down by the coronavirus.
The Health Surveillance Protection Centre has revealed that 5,064 nurses, doctors and carers have tested positive for Covid-19 since the outbreak began.
This figure accounts for 27% of the country's 18,431 confirmed cases which were recorded as of midnight on Friday.
As of last Saturday, April 18, five healthcare workers in Ireland have died from the virus. This figure is yet to be updated on the Government's official website.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus has claimed 26 more lives in the Republic of Ireland.
And 701 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health on Sunday evening.
The death toll here now stands at 1,087. There is now a total of 19,262 confirmed cases of the infection in Ireland.
A statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team said: "The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 26 people with COVID-19 have died, of which 23 were laboratory confirmed."
The HSE said it is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
The latest data from the HPSC, relating to the 18,431 cases recorded as of midnight, Friday, April 24,shows that:
- 57% are female and 42% are male
- the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
- 2,576 cases (14%) have been hospitalised
- Of those hospitalised, 349 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 5,064 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,224 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,110 cases (6%)
- Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 33%, travel abroad accounts for 4%
