Drop in Covid cases welcome but too early to say numbers have flattened

However, the country's 14-day incidence rate of coronavirus has risen to 1,162.2 per 100,000 people.

A professor of epidemiology says the drop in Covid-19 cases gives hope but it is too early to say if the numbers have flattened out.

There are 4,842 new cases after Friday's record high of 8,248 infections.