The reproductive rate of covid-19 here has dropped to between 0.7 and 0.9.
It's fallen from a rate of one last week, and shows that the country is getting a handle on the virus and suppressing it.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has told the Oireachtas Health Committee it shows level 5 restrictions are working.
He's said "By moving early and comprehensively, Ireland is currently bucking the trend being seen in many other parts of Europe. The 14-day rate in France for example is 830. In Spain it is 567. With our neighbours, the UK, it is 469."
Our 14-day incidence rate is 228 cases per 100,000.
Minister Donnelly has said the 11 thousand cases reported over the past 2 weeks are seriously worrying, and Dublin North and Dublin south-west are of particular concern.
