The Taoiseach admitted some areas are doing better than others on Friday night as he gave his latest lockdown update to the country.
Micheal Martin said that the country is doing a good overall job in suppressing the virus but not all regions are faring the same.
Longford, Offaly, Dublin and Meath still all have virus incidence rates of over 200 per 100,000 people in the last 14 days.
Longford is the worst hotspot in the country with a rate of 464.9 after 190 cases in the last fortnight.
Offaly is not far behind with a rate of 370.7, while Dublin, 240, and Meath, 208.7 remain the worst hit areas.
The Taoiseach has warned that the country cannot let its guard down yet, he told RTE's Six One News: "We haven't crushed the virus totally yet, I know that some regions are doing much better than others, but this is a very dangerous variant of the virus and NPHET are particularly concerned.
"The evidence is clear that if you let down the guard too quickly, the virus will spread very quickly."
And while some counties are struggling to suppress the virus, many others have now hammered it down to very low levels.
Leitrim, as has been the case in most waves so far, is the safest county in Ireland yet again with an incidence rate of just 43.7.
Kilkenny is not far behind in second with a 14-day rate of 46.4
