People appear to be reducing their contacts as the number of Covid cases dropped today to 3,666 which is a reduction on recent days.
The Chief Medical Officer said that people appear to be heeding public health advice and are reducing their contacts.
There are still 638 patients in hospital with the virus with 130 of these in ICU.
Dr Tony Holohan said: “Our research tells us that people are listening to the public health advice and are reducing the number of people they are planning to meet, and are cancelling social events, to reduce their contacts.
“We know that the level of worry has increased to levels last seen in April this year.
“We know what we are asking people to do to help suppress the spread of disease in our communities is very difficult.
“If we all make a concerted effort it can make a difference.
Dr Holohan asked people, over the coming weeks, to focus on five actions to reduce their risk of contracting Covid-19 and keeping their loved ones safe.
If you have cold or flu-like symptoms, isolate immediately and get a PCR test, not an antigen test
Prioritise who you need to meet
Meet others outdoors and open windows when indoors
Wear a mask properly
Use the right test and understand what the test result means