The Department of Health has confirmed that one more person has died from Covid-19. There have now been a total of 1,679 coronavirus-related deaths in Ireland.
There have also been 25 new cases confirmed, bringing the total number of cases here to 25,201.
There were no Covid-19 fatalities reported in Northern Ireland over the past 24 hours and the death toll there remains at 537. Six new cases were confirmed, bringing the total cases there to 4,796.
The latest detailed data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, dating from midnight, Friday 5 June (relating to 25,176 cases), reveals that 57% are female and 43% are male with a median age of 48.
3,321 people (13% of cases) have been hospitalised, 409 of whom were admitted to ICU. There are 8,057 cases associated with healthcare workers.
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,139 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,529 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,428 cases (6%).
Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 39%, close contact accounts for 59%, travel abroad accounts for 2%.
Earlier today it was revealed that the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 has fallen again but the average number of close contacts per confirmed case of the disease has risen, according to the latest figures from the HSE.
As of last night, there were 312 people in hospital with confirmed or suspected cases of the disease - down from 346 people the previous night.
There were 124 confirmed cases and 188 suspected cases.
The Mater Hospital continues to have the highest number of patients, with 31 confirmed cases. There were 19 confirmed cases in Tallaght Hospital and 11 in University Hospital Limerick.
The number of people in intensive care has also fallen. There were 36 patients with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in intensive care last night and five with suspected cases.
That is down from 37 confirmed cases and 10 suspected cases yesterday.
There were no deaths in intensive care in the previous 24 hours.
Further data from the HSE shows that the average number of close contacts per confirmed case of Covid-19 has risen in the first week of June.
The average number of close contacts was under three for most of April, but rose to over three towards the end of May and has risen to more than four this month.
The Minister for Health yesterday appealed to people to limit their close contacts as further restrictions are lifted from tomorrow.
The HSE data shows that 63% of people are given an appointment for a Covid-19 test within less than 24 hours - 9% are given an appointment within a day and a half, while 11% get appointments within 36 to 48 hours.
For 17% of patients, it takes more than two days to get an appointment.
The average time taken from a person being swabbed to results being available from a laboratory is now 1.3 days, according to the data.
The HSE has capacity to test 15,000 people a day but the data shows that fewer than 5,000 tests a day are being carried out.
Progress still 'fragile' - Harris
Minister of Health Simon Harris has welcomed the upcoming transition to Phase 2 of the road map, but said "progress is still fragile".
He said Irish people had to be careful to limit close contacts.
"We have to still keep the number of close contacts we have small," he added.
"Back in March, the number dropped to two. Every case on average had about two close contacts. That rose a little bit to three. Now the HSE are saying it is around four. We need to be really careful now."
He said while groups of up to six people will be allowed visit households, they are meant to be short visits of less than an hour.
"Outdoor meetings are preferable to indoor meetings. If you are meeting indoors, keep it to an hour or less," he said.
He advised that people keep a list of who they contacted every day.
Mr Harris added that the two-metre rule still applies.
He asked people to remain local and recommended the use of face coverings in stores and on public transport.
