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Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn has said that there is a high chance that other areas of the country will move to Level 3 of Covid-19 restrictions, but that such a move is not inevitable.
Dr. Glynn has appealed to people in seven counties to pay special attention to public health councils.
The warning comes as Level 3 restrictions take effect in Donegal, where specific garda checkpoints will be in place starting today.
Donegal has the highest incidence of the virus at seven days and 14 days in the country, with a seven-day incidence of 108 cases per 100,000 residents.
The figure is double that of any other county outside of Dublin.
In a video message last night, Dr. Glynn said that while there is a good chance that other areas of the country will move to the Level 3 restrictions outlined in the government’s Living with Covid-19 plan, but that “it was not inevitable” .
He said that in Limerick, Tipperary and in recent days in Waterford, people had worked together to “turn the tide of the virus.”
He said people in these counties should move on, but cautioned that those in Dublin, Donegal, Louth, Kildare, Wicklow, Cork and Galway should pay special attention to public health advice this weekend.
Once again, he called on people to prioritize who they need to see, reduce their social contacts, and said that people should not underestimate the power of individual actions.
Dr. Ronan Glynn on how each of us can safely live with this virus for the next several months. Don’t underestimate the value of your individual stocks. Please keep this and together we will get through it # COVID-19 #Stay safe [for subtitles/closed captions, select “cc”]. pic.twitter.com/HdO92ycHBa
– Department of Health (@roinnslainte) September 25, 2020
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Yesterday, the Department of Health confirmed 326 additional cases of Covid-19 and there were no more deaths.
More than two-thirds (69%) of the cases were under 45 years of age.
A third (33%) were confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or close contacts of a confirmed case, while 49 cases were identified as community transmission.
In addition to 152 cases in Dublin and 22 in Donegal, 32 new cases were reported in Cork, 21 in Galway, 15 in Meath and 11 in Kildare.
Nine cases came from Kerry, eight from Louth, eight more from Westmeath, six from Limerick, six from May, six from Tipperary and five from Wexford, with the remaining 25 cases spread across eight counties.
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