Ten more Covid-19 patients have died and 64 more people have tested positive for the virus.
There have now been 1,543 Covid-19 related deaths in the Republic, while the number of total confirmed cases is 24,112.
In Waterford, there's a total of 146 confirmed cases, as of midnight on Friday.
That's an increase of two cases since Thursday.
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, as of midnight, Friday 15 May (23,953 cases), reveals:
· 57% are female and 43% are male
· The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
· 3,117 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 389 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 7,566 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 11,666 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,361 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,352 cases (6%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 37%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
