534 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed this evening.
Figures shows six more people with the virus have died over the past week, bringing the total deaths since the pandemic began to 5,006.
The latest figures show 58 patients are being treated in hospital for the virus, with 17 in ICU.
The recent Covid-19 outbreak in Carlow is now under control after the cases numbers dropped over the past few weeks.
It’s now the county with the lowest 14-day incidence rate at 26 per 100,000 population.
There were 15 cases confirmed in the two weeks up to Tuesday and the five-day moving average is two a day.
Kilkenny’s situation has worsened slightly with an infection rate of 63 per 100,000 in that time and an average of six new cases a day.
It’s the sixth best county in the country by infection rates.
