The Chief Medical Officer says the full six weeks of level 5 restrictions will be necessary.
A review is to be carried out at four weeks but NPHET is warning it doesn’t anticipate recommending any restrictions being eased before December.
The 14 day incidence rate is now estimated to be 202 per 100 thousand down from over 300 two weeks ago.
NPHET says if compliance remains high the virus could be reduced to low daily case numbers by December.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have confirmed in the latest set of daily figures for Covid-19 that there were 3 additional deaths and 591 new cases.
There were 12 additional cases in Sligo, 75 in Donegal while Leitrim’s figure was less than 5.
Dr Tony Holohan says people need to do their best.
