54 cases reported during Tuesday

For the second consecutive day, there has been no new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Westmeath or Roscommon.

Neither county showed an increase in confirmed cases during Monday and Tuesday.

However, nationally, 54 new cases were confirmed by midnight on Tuesday.

There is now a total of 27,547 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified: 24 are men and 29 are women

67% are under 45 years of age

27 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case

8 cases have been identified as community transmission

19 are in Dublin, 8 in Kildare, 5 in Tipperary and the rest of the cases are in Carlow, Clare, Donegal, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Waterford and Wexford.

The official county breakdown relates to midnight Monday, at which point there had been no new cases reported that day in either Westmeath or Roscommon.

As a result, at midnight Monday, there had been a total of 683 cases in Westmeath and 349, in Roscommon, which actually represents a reduction following the denotification of one case from the Roscommon figure.

However, the breakdown of the 54 cases reported during Tuesday released tonight does not indicate any new cases in either county again on Tuesday.

Actually, the figures show no new cases in any of the five Connaught counties over Monday and Tuesday.

The Department of Health also said that it had been informed that two more people with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.

There has now been a total of 1,775 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:

"To save lives and suppress this virus we need everyone to reduce the number of people they meet over the next three weeks. A collective effort by households and by employers and organisations can make a huge impact on community transmission, and help to protect our families and communities from COVID-19.

"You can still play sport, go to a restaurant and meet friends, but we are asking you to do this in as safe a way as possible. Specifically focus on two numbers – 6 and 15. Do not have more than 6 people over to your house and garden, and outside, no more than 15 people should meet up, and even then you should remain socially distanced from one another."