The Department of Health have announced a total of 61 confirmed Coronavirus cases but no new deaths.
It means that there are now 27,969 confirmed cases in the country but the death figure remains unchanged at 1,777.
Of today’s 61 cases, 39 are in Dublin, 13 in Kildare and the remaining nine cases are in Cork, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Longford and Wicklow.
Of the cases notified today 30 are men and 30 are women, 67% are under 45 years of age, 23 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case and 16 cases have been identified as community transmission.
Today’s figures come as the fallout continues from the infamous Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Galway last week which has led to the resignation of the Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary.
In the aftermath of that dinner – which was attended by over 80 people and is subject to a Garda enquiry – Fine Gael EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has offered a “profound apology” for his attendance.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanáiste Leo Varadkar asked Phil Hogan to consider his position.
On the back of that request, Hogan issued a statement saying he he wished to “apologise fully and unreservedly”. He also said in the statement that his attendance at the dinner “had touched a nerve” with the public.
Hogan had earlier said that he was of the view that the dinner was compliant with the Covid-19 restrictions.
He had also said that he had travelled to the event from his native Kilkenny – and not from his property in Kildare, which had he been staying he would not have been permitted to attend as the county is under lockdown.
However, a spokesman for Hogan has since said that he travelled to Kildare from Kilkenny to pick up some essential work documents before travelling on to Galway for the golf event.
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