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The number of people in Ireland dying from Covid-19 has risen to more than 1,800, after five more deaths were announced.
Last night 248 additional cases of the virus were also confirmed.
It comes amid ongoing concerns about the rising incidence of the coronavirus in several counties.
The Center for Health Protection Surveillance has reported 29 deaths from Covid-19 this month. Here the death toll since the start of the pandemic stands at 1,802.
Dublin accounted for 104 or 42% of the new confirmed cases yesterday, while 37 of the cases were in Donegal.
Donegal yesterday became the second county after the capital to move to Level 3 restrictions.
The National Public Health Emergency Team continues to closely monitor a number of other counties with high incidence rates.
These include Cork, Galway, Wicklow, Kildare and Louth, amid concerns that the state of more counties could scale from Tier 2.
However, senior public health officials have said that such scenarios are not inevitable if people take appropriate steps by adhering to public health guidelines, in particular by reducing their social contacts.
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