Almost 2,000 People With Covid-19 Are In Hospitals Around The Country

195 are in intensive care

There were 19 admissions to ICU over the last 24 hours.

There are 11 hospitals without any critical care beds - there are currently 24 critical care beds available for adults and 14 for children.

GP Advisor to the HSE, Dr Ray Walley, says close contacts are down but improvements in numbers aren't happening fast enough: