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The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) reported an additional 518 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday night.
This brings the total number of cases of the disease in the Republic to 38,549.
NPHET reported no more deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,810.
Of Monday’s cases, 134 are in Dublin, 53 in Cork and 49 in Limerick. There were also 34 cases in Donegal, 32 in Meath, and the remaining 216 cases spread across 20 counties.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said there had been a “significant and worrying” deterioration in the epidemiological situation nationwide in recent days.
“It is vital that we do everything in our power now to stop the current trajectory at the national level and very substantially suppress the virus to a low level of transmission before the winter months.”
The figures come ahead of a planned announcement by the Cabinet of new controls on economic and social activity to reduce the spread of the disease.
The government has rejected a recommendation from NPHET to move the country to Level 5. However, the Cabinet is expected to agree to place the State at Level 3 with additional measures.
A cabinet meeting will be held tonight to approve the new measures.
Dublin and Donegal currently have Level 3 restrictions, with additional measures restricting pubs and restaurants to outdoor seating in the capital only. The rest of the country is at level 2.
Appealing to members of the public, Dr. Holohan said: “Don’t be distracted from core public health messages; wash your hands regularly, keep your distance, wear face covers when appropriate, avoid crowded environments, reduce your social contacts to minimal levels, know the symptoms and isolate yourself and contact your GP immediately if you experience them ” .
Top priorities must be protected, said Assistant Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn.
“We must work together to keep our non-Covid health services open, keep our children in education, and protect the lives of those most vulnerable to this disease.
“Solidarity is more important now than ever as we work to once again suppress this virus in our communities.”
In Northern Ireland, 616 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the north to 14,690. There were no more deaths, leaving the death toll at 584.
Northern Prime Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill were due to discuss the sharp rise in coronavirus cases with the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister on Monday, according to senior sources at Stormont.
Amid calls for a concerted approach between Britain and Ireland to tackle Covid-19, the escalation of restrictions in the Republic, the leaders of the DUP and Sinn Féin planned to hold telephone conversations with Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson about the pandemic. .
The Executive Ministers of the North in their meeting on Monday did not take any decision to introduce new measures to combat the virus. Last week he moved to introduce more restrictions in the Strabane and Derry Council area which went into effect on Monday.
However, the Executive discussed proposals to introduce a “circuit breaker” in Northern Ireland, an effective two or three week lockdown to try to curb the increase in Covid-19 cases. However, no decision was made on this.
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