Exact location of today's 378 new cases in Ireland as five counties see spike

Five areas have seen another spike in new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, it has emerged.

Across the country a further 378 more people have tested positive for Covid-19, while one more person has sadly died.

The latest figures were released by the Department of Health this evening.

And Dublin is once again the area with the highest number of new cases, with 124.

(Department of Health)

This is followed by Donegal with 34, Louth with 23, and Cork and Limerick with 19 each.

The remaining 159 cases are spread across 20 other counties.

Speaking on today's figures, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has issued a warning over a "worrying development" in our battle with the virus.

He said: "The average daily 5 day case count is rising and is now over 400 per day. This is a worrying development which has persisted for the last few days. We are seeing a number of things which concern us.

"There are examples of small numbers of people congregating for social purposes and simply ignoring the important public health messages. They are putting our collective progress at risk."

Here is a full county-by-county breakdown of today's cases:

Donegal - 34

Limerick - 19

Westmeath - 11

Roscommon - 12

Waterford - 18

Louth - 23

Meath - 5

Dublin - 124

Offaly - 17

Laois - 8

Kilkenny - 5

Kerry - 12

Monaghan - Less than 5

Mayo - Less than 5

Sligo - Less than 5

Longford - Less than 5

Cavan - 6

Tipperary - Less than 5

Clare - Less than 5

Carlow - Less than 5

Cork - 19

Kildare - 14

Galway - 15

Leitrim - Less than 5

Wicklow - 10

Wexford - 9