The number of new Covid-19 cases in Ireland has risen over the last five days.
Counties which have the highest 14-day incidence are Longford, Offaly, Kildare, Dublin, Meath, Westmeath and Louth.
Counties with the lowest incidence 14-day incidence are Leitrim, Kilkenny, Cork, Kerry and Cavan.
Monday marked the fifth day in a row that the five-day moving average, which shows the progress of the disease, had increased.
The figures showed that 73% of the new cases were in people aged under 45 and the median age of those newly diagnosed was 29.
HSE Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry labelled the rising five-day average as "a worry" and added that "this illness has not gone away".
"What's happened really is ... clearly people are coming together more and not so much frightened of the hospital figures," he told RTÉ's This Week.
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Micheal McGrath was disappointed that progress had stalled in lowering the daily figures.
He suggested that it was too early to say what restrictions could be eased come April.
Minister McGrath told RTE: "Progress has stalled in relation to daily case numbers. People are weary.
"We know that people are tired, they want to see light at the end of the tunnel. But we must see this through.
"We are dealing with a highly transmissible virus now, and we have to do more than we did previously to get the case numbers down."
Monday saw the second day in a row of no deaths with Covid-19 reported in Ireland.
However 575 new cases were notified by the Department of Health, and on Monday morning, 360 Covid-positive patients remained in hospital, of whom 85 were in ICU.
Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has urged caution, pointing to a "further wave" of coronavirus playing out across Europe.
He said 18-19 countries have been seeing a "deteriorating" picture over the last two weeks.
Dr Glynn also warned that while case numbers have fallen, Ireland is "by no means out of the woods on this".
He said despite St Patrick's Day and Easter approaching, people must "not drop their guard".
"If we mix with other people over the next three weeks, given the levels of disease in the community, we will see a significant deterioration and none of us want to see that," he said.
"We're not trying to put the fear into people, we're just asking people to protect themselves and their families because whilst vaccines are on the way, and they will make a very significant difference, they will not stop a wave over the coming weeks."
