Most areas have seen a surge in new coronavirus cases in the latest figures released by the Department of Health today.
A total of 970 Covid-19 cases were confirmed this evening, while 13 more people have died.
It brings the total number of infections here to 81,228 since the pandemic began.
The latest figures were announced by the Department of Health this evening.
Dublin was once again the hardest-hit area in the country with 348 new cases.
Meanwhile there was 60 in Limerick, 59 in Cork, 59 in Wexford, 55 in Louth and the remaining 389 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said: “The current trajectory of the disease in the community is of grave concern. In the last seven days to midnight Monday, we have reported 4,478 cases, an increase of more than 110% over the preceding week.
"In the last 5 days, we have seen extraordinary growth in the incidence of the virus across the country, significantly increasing the level of risk associated with the kind of inter-generational mixing that is normally experienced over the Christmas holidays."
Here is a county-by-county breakdown of today's cases:
Donegal - 50
Louth - 55
Wexford - 59
Kilkenny - 26
Monaghan - 41
Carlow - 10
Limerick - 60
Laois - 13
Cavan - 6
Dublin - 348
Kerry - 27
Longford - Less than 5
Meath - 36
Waterford - 27
Mayo - 9
Kildare - 54
Sligo - Less than 5
Wicklow - 15
Offaly - 9
Cork - 59
Tipperary - 8
Galway - 40
Roscommon - Less than 5
Westmeath - 5
Clare - Less than 5
Leitrim - 0
