Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said everyone in Kildare, Laois and Offaly needs to pay particular attention if they have any symptoms of Covid-19 and double down on public health measures.
Over half of cases in last 14 days have been in Kildare, Laois and Offaly. He said there were a large number of cases notified to National Public Health Emergency Team in these counties which will be part of the new case numbers tomorrow.
Dr Glynn said people aged over 70 in Kildare, Laois, Offaly should take particular care and limit the number of people they are in contact with to a very small extent.
The Department of Health was today notified of 5 deaths associated with Covid-19 as well as 69 new cases of the virus. Of those