The country's top doctor has issued a rallying call to the nation, saying we can turn around the rampant spread of COVID-19.
Dr Tony Holohan was speaking this evening after a further 5,325 new cases of the deadly bug were confirmed this evening, with 1,931 in Dublin.
There has been a "considerable surge" in hospitalisations in recent days, with 840 patients now in hospital, with 76 in ICU.
There have been 102 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The Chief Medical Officer urged the entire country to play there part in turning the tide against the spread of the dreaded bug.
He said: "We can turn this around quickly if we stick to the measures we know worked last spring.
"We have seen some early progress in that the average number of contacts per case has been dropping in recent days – but we need to continue this effort to limit as much as we can our contact with other people in the days and weeks ahead.
"If we all stay home and keep to the public health advice, we can bring COVID-19 back under control - which ultimately will protect our essential services such as Health and Education and most importantly save lives."
It was also confirmed this evening that 17 more people have sadly died from coronavirus in Ireland, bringing the death toll from the disease to 2,282.
Of the cases notified today:
- 2,550 are men / 2,769 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 36 years old
- 1,931 in Dublin, 767 in Cork, 323 in Kildare, 322 in Limerick, 238 in Donegal and the remaining 1,744 cases are spread across all other counties.
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