Ireland has seen a large spike in coronavirus cases with 430 new infections confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team this evening.
Thankfully there were no new deaths but the figure is the largest daily rise in a single day since April.
Galway and Cork are both counties which have seen increasing cases in recent weeks causing concern for health chiefs.
Speaking on the alarming rise Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said: "As we start into this new week, I am asking every household across the country to sit together this evening and make a plan to reduce the number of people you meet this week.
“We have absolutely no room for complacency. If every person, family, workplace and organisation does not play their part the situation will continue to deteriorate.
He went on to single out Donegal and Dublin which are both under level 3 restrictions as cases continue to soar in the two counties.
He said: “For people who live in Donegal and Dublin remember Government advice is to work from home unless it is essential to attend in person. For people living in these and all other counties, assume that COVID-19 is circulating in your community and act accordingly.”
Here's where all of today's confirmed cases were recorded:
- 212 cases are in Dublin
54 in Cork
23 Donegal
- 23 in Galway
- 16 in Louth
- 15 in Monaghan
- 12 in Clare, 12 in Meath
- 9 in Cavan, 8 in Roscommon
- 7 in Wicklow
- 6 in Limerick
- 5 in Kildare
- 5 in Tipperary
- The remaining 23 cases are in 9 counties.
There has been a total of 1,802 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland while there have been 34,990 confirmed cases here.
A further breakdown shows:
- 222 are men / 208 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- 40% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
59 cases have been identified as community transmission
