Two deaths and 552 new confirmed cases of Covid-19

This means there has now been a total of 1,915 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

With 552 new cases, there is now a total of 62,002 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland to date.

Of the cases notified today, the Department of Health said: 275 are men and 275 are women, 63 per cent are under 45 years of age and the median age is 36 years old.

In terms of the location of today's cases: 173 are in Dublin, 86 in Cork, 40 in Limerick, 30 in Donegal and the remaining 223 cases are across all other counties.

There are fewer than 5 new cases in Waterford. Waterford's 14-day incidence rate has fallen to 204 cases per 100,000 population. 237 cases have been confirmed here from the 18th to the 31st of October.

Additional reporting by Sinéad Aherne