A further three people have died and eight new cases of Covid-19 were announced today.
The latest figures were released by the Department of Health this evening.
The death toll from the virus in the country now stands at 1,710 and the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 25,341.
Two deaths previously reported as Covid-19 related have been denotified while one confirmed case has been denotified.
This results in the adjusted figures of 1,710 deaths and 25,341 confirmed cases.
It comes it as the number of people fighting for their life after testing positive for Covid-19 hit a new low.
There were 20 patients with confirmed coronavirus in ICUs as of 8pm on Tuesday.
That figure is eight times lower than the peak of 160 recorded in April.
Four of these cases were in Beaumont Hospital, four were in Tallaght and three were in St James's.
There were two in both The Mater and Cork University Hospital, while Galway, Mercy, Cavan, Connolly and St Vincent's all had one ICU patient.
Seven of the people in intensive care on Tuesday night were on a ventilator.
There were a further 11 suspected cases in receipt of critical care - five of which were ventilated cases.
It comes as the number of confirmed cases in a hospital setting is at its lowest point since the middle of March.
The latest HSE operations report shows that there were 62 hospitalised cases as of 8pm on Tuesday.
