Three-quarters of the 40 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the Republic yesterday involved people under the age of 45.
It was the highest number of cases in six weeks, bringing the total number to 25,929.
But no new deaths were recorded, meaning the death toll remains at 1,764.
Dr Mike Ryan, from the World Health Organisation, says many countries have a spike in cases when restrictions are lifted:
'When those measures for suppressing the virus are lifted, the virus returns, and every single country where pressure has been lifted where the virus is still at community level, there has been a jump in cases'.
