56 confirmed Coronavirus cases have been reported today.
While there have been no more deaths.
So that means the death toll remains at 1,774 and the total case number is 27,313.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre @hpscireland today.
There has now been a total of 1,774 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland.— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) August 17, 2020
Of today's cases, 79% are under the age of 45.
Also, 29 of them are men, 27 are women.
Kildare remains the county with the highest number of new cases, 26 cases are in that county.
While 13 are in Dublin and the remaining 17 are spread across counties Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Westmeath and Wicklow.
The HSE says it is working on tracing contacts from those people.
Additional figures are posted on the Covid-19 Data Hub.
