Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn is urging people to maintain social distancing as coronavirus cases continue to increase.
Covid-19 cases keep rising, to a total of 26,995 so far, with no fewer than 1,774 deaths.
Counties Kildare, Laois, and Offaly are now under local lockdown following a hard resurgence of the virus there, with further lockdowns possible elsewhere in the near future.
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