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There have been 811 new cases of Covid-19 and three other coronavirus-related deaths reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).
The latest figures on Tuesday bring the number of confirmed cases in the state since the pandemic began to 44,159, while the death toll now stands at 1,830.
Of the latter cases, 190 are in Dublin, 141 in Cork, 62 in Wexford, 51 in Kerry, 50 in Clare, and the remaining 317 cases are spread across all the remaining counties.
The average age is 30 years and 70% are under 45 years of age.
There were 234 Covid-19 patients in the hospital on Tuesday afternoon, including 32 in the ICU. Nphet said there have been 22 additional hospitalizations in the past 24 hours.
In a statement, Dr. Tony Holohan, Medical Director of the Department of Health, said: “We have widespread community transmission in the country.
“The spread of Covid-19 is a problem for the entire population, so we call on each individual, each family, home, organization, workplace, to act according to public health councils. You are the first line defense against this disease. “
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said: “If we see community transmission patterns continue to grow, we will see more vulnerable groups infected and the result, unfortunately, will be more hospitalizations and deaths.
“Limiting your contacts, avoiding crowds and following basic public health measures will ultimately save lives.”
Cavan is the newest access point for Covid-19 with 22 new cases, giving it an incidence of 412.2 cases per 100,000 people in the last 14 days, according to the latest update from Nphet.
Their numbers are now higher than those of Donegal, where the incidence was 354.9 on Monday night. Monaghan, with a declining incidence of 312.8, had the third highest figures by county in the Republic.
Dublin, with an incidence of 180.9, now ranks 11th in the country, far behind Cork at 199.1
Waterford has the lowest incidence, at 66.3. All 26 counties registered new cases in the last 24 hours.
Of the nearly 8,000 cases that occurred in the past fortnight, half arose from close contact with a case, but 1,763 were the result of community transmission, according to the Center for Health Protection Surveillance. Some 152 patients and 99 staff members contracted the disease in a healthcare setting.
Northern figures
In Northern Ireland, seven more deaths and 863 more cases of Covid-19 were reported when the Northern Executive met to discuss the increasing incidence of the disease.
The latest figures bring the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the North since the start of the pandemic to 598 and the total number of positive cases to 21,898.
In the past seven days, 6,286 people tested positive for coronavirus in Northern Ireland, nearly 900 a day.
There are now 150 people in Northern Ireland hospitals receiving treatment for Covid-19, 23 in intensive care units and 15 on ventilators.
By far the highest incidence of the disease is found in the Derry and Strabane council area, which over the past week had 970 cases per 100,000 residents.
This is more than double the incidence of the next highest area, Belfast, which is experiencing 462 cases per 100,000 followed by Mid-Ulster with 401 cases per 100,000.
The lowest number of cases is found in the council area of Middle and East Antrim (95 cases per 100,000) and Ards and North Down (135 cases per 100,000).
Faced with this increase in deaths and cases, the Executive of the North meets to discuss the imposition of greater restrictions.
The sources said that the North’s top medical and scientific officials, Dr. Michael McBride and Professor Ian Young, recommended an impending lockdown period of four to six weeks with an additional similar lockdown in the new year.
However, it appears that some divisions are opening up between the DUP and some of the other parties.
On Monday, DUP Leader and Prime Minister Arlene Foster said further restrictions were not inevitable if people properly observed rules such as wearing masks, hand washing and social distancing.
Sinn Féin, for its part, has indicated that it favors stricter regulations to try to limit the increase of the virus.
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