Dr Holohan urged people, as they move around more, to use the tools that have helped suppress the virus to date, such as hand-washing, respiratory etiquette and wearing face-coverings.
Some 45 per cent of the population now say they wear face-coverings, according to research conducted for the Department of Health. It shows 53 per cent of women and 36 per cent of men saying they fear face-coverings. Two out of three of those surveyed believe we will see a second wave of the disease, 25 per cent say more restrictions should be introduced and 31 per cent believe we are trying to return to normal too fast.in its daily bulletin on Monday afternoon taking the fatality total to 551.
The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the North rose by six to 5,757. So far 109,684 people have been tested in Northern Ireland for the virus.