COVID19 UPDATE: 51 New Deaths, 2,608 New Cases - 204 here in Cork

51 more Covid related deaths have been reported by Health officials with 2,608 additional cases,

1,019 of those are in County Dublin, with 204 in Cork, and the rest are spread across every other county.

While the reproductive number of the virus is estimated to be between 0.5 and 0.8.

Head of NPHET's Modelling Group, Dr Philip Nolan says the country has done 'exceptional' work, but that needs to be kept up, "Collectively we've done an exceptional job over the last, I mean that all the people of this country have done an exceptional job interrupting transmission of the virus over the last fortnight. And we can see that in some cases quite rapid decreases in indicators of disease. That said, we're going to find this very difficult to sustain, incidence remains exceptionally high."