Exact location of today’s 1,283 coronavirus cases as Minister Simon Harris confirms further restrictions on the way

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The cabinet will meet tomorrow to discuss further restrictions after fears grow about the continued rise in coronavirus cases.

Tonight Ireland saw another spike after 1,283 cases were confirmed.

On Saturday, Medical Director Tony Holohan briefed government ministers including Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on the NPHET advice, which suggested that a blockade that would last a period of six weeks.

The cabinet will have to meet to discuss the council on Monday, however Minister Simon Harris confirmed that nationwide restrictions are on the way.

HSE CEO Paul Reid also briefed the group on the capacity situation in Irish hospitals.

Pictured (left to right) are Dr. Tony Holohan, Medical Director of the Department of Health; Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Medical Director, Department of Health; and Professor Philip Nolan, chairman of NPHET’s Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group (IEMAG), leaves government buildings today, after a discussion with the leaders of the three government parties

Speaking today, Minister Simon Harris said Level Three “has not worked” and that a county-by-county approach will not be appropriate in the current situation.

He explained that the new rules will be “decisive” and will be introduced throughout the country.

But he urged that the government must balance restrictions with “our honest opinion about what the people can bear or hold.”

As of 2:00 p.m. today, 277 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized, of which 33 are in the ICU. 17 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

Of today’s cases, 408 were in Dublin, 156 in Cork, 88 in Kildare, 80 in Meath, 55 in Limerick, and the remaining 496 cases are spread across 21 counties.

A full breakdown of the location of today’s cases is shown.

Dig 42

Meath 80

Monaghan 17

Donegal 14

Clare 21

Sligo 8

Westmeath 40

Cork 156

Galway 51

Wexford 35

Limerick 55

Kildare 88

Longford 13

Leitrim 5

Dublin 408

Roscommon 27

Kerry 36

Offal 25

Louth 7

Laois 23

May 30

Carlow 20

Kilkenny 10

Waterford 5

Wicklow 31

Tipperary 36



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