The estimated national 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 is just over 126 - the lowest its been since October 8th.
HSE figures show there were 271 people with the disease in hospital last night, while there were 30 in ICU.
Locally, Cavan's incidence rate has continued to fall and is now at 103.7 with 6 cases recorded yesterday.
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While Monaghan's remains above Cavan's with fewer than 5 cases yesterday and a rate of 123.8
Anthony Staines, professor of health systems at DCU, says if contact tracing was improved here, Ireland could show the rest of Europe the way in reducing infection rates:
