Exact location of today's 456 new Covid-19 cases in Ireland as five areas see jump

Officials confirmed this evening that a further 456 new coronavirus cases had been confirmed across Ireland.

However the Department of Health said that previous cases were unable to be reported in recent days due to a technical issue, leading to a larger number of cases today.

It brings the total number of infections here to 73,948 since the pandemic began.

And Dublin was once again the hardest-hit region with 197 new cases, followed by Donegal with 37 and Limerick with 33.

(Department of Health)

While 21 new cases were reported in Louth, 20 in Kilkenny and the remaining 148 cases are spread across 21 other counties.

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

Donegal - 37

Louth - 21

Kilkenny - 20

Limerick - 33

Monaghan - 13

Wicklow - 18

Carlow - 5

Dublin - 197

Tipperary - 14

Longford - Less than 5

Mayo - 5

Waterford - 8

Laois - 9

Cavan - 5

Roscommon - Less than 5

Offaly - 14

Kildare - 13

Galway - Less than 5

Meath - 13

Cork - 13

Sligo - Less than 5

Clare - Less than 5

Kerry - Less than 5

Westmeath - Less than 5

Wexford - Less than 5

Leitrim - Less than 5