There have been 23 more coronavirus-related deaths here.

The latest figures show there have been 211 new cases confirmed in Ireland.

The death toll total now stands at 1,339 - while the total number of cases is 21,983.

Some 542 of those total deaths were in a hospital, while 65 were in intensive care.

There were reports of an underlying medical condition in 1,147 people.

The median age of these deaths was 84.

Data on all cases as of midnight on Sunday reveals:

• 58% are women and 42% are men
• The median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
• 2,879 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
• Of those hospitalised, 369 cases have been admitted to ICU
• 6,293 cases are associated with healthcare workers

Dublin has the highest number of cases at 10,670 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,280 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,177 cases (5%)

Of those for whom transmission status is known community transmission accounts for 62%, close contact accounts is 35% and travel abroad accounts for just 3%.

As of midnight on Monday, 214,761 tests have been carried out.

Some 61,707 of these tests were carried out over the past week - 2,280  of these were positive, giving a positivity rate of 3.7%.

Dr Cillian De Gascun, chair of the NPHET Expert Advisory Group, said: "The positivity rate reducing is a good sign.

"Combined with the high level of testing we are now undertaking, this gives us confidence that we are on a path towards suppression of the disease."

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, added: "As Ireland works to ease restrictions, it is crucial that we preserve the progress our country has made in recent weeks.

"This is a highly infectious disease. It thrives in crowds.

"It has the potential to rapidly spread to levels that our health service will find difficult to respond to.

"While we plan how to safely emerge from recent restrictions, none of us should forget that the virus is still in our community.

"Those who get infected have the same risk of serious illness as they did at the beginning of this pandemic."

It comes as some of the coronavirus restrictions in place were eased slightly from Tuesday, but people are still being urged to stay at home wherever possible.

People are being allowed travel up to 5km from their home for exercise - an increase from the previous limit of 2km.

Meanwhile, older people who have been cocooning are being told they can now leave their homes for exercise, as long as they stay away from other people.

People are still being urged to follow social distancing rules when outside the house.

Meanwhile the death toll from the virus in Britain has become the highest in Europe.

Another 693 people have died there, taking the total number of deaths to 29,427.

In England a further 366 people died, 44 more deaths were reported in Scotland, 26 in Wales and 17 in Northern Ireland.

A total of 3,881  people have tested positive for the virus in the North.