The Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, has appealed to the public to double down on all the basic measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend.
He said it will take some time to know if the surprisingly large increase of 85 new Covid-19 cases reported last evening was just a blip, but that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is very concerned about it.
Up until earlier this week, the Covid-19 trends monitored by NPHET were looking good. The Reproduction number for the virus has fallen back below one, indicating the virus was well under control.
The number being treated in hospital continued to fall, hitting a low of just five people nationwide yesterday evening. But the mood has been