A 'window of opportunity' to stop Covid-19 becoming a national issue is closing, according to the Acting Chief Medical Officer.
The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet today to discuss the rise of cases around the country - in particular in Cork, Galway, Roscommon and Monaghan.
Dr Ronan Glynn warned the spread of COVID-19 in every county is going in the 'wrong direction' after 429 new cases were confirmed yesterday.
Waterford was again not listed among the counties with high numbers of cases
Dr Glynn says people need to cut their social contacts:
"In July, we had an incidence rate of less than five per 100,000," he said. "Tonight, nationally, it is over 90 per 100,00.
"There is no county that hasn’t seen cases in the last 14 days and there is no county, really, that is not seeing an increasing incidence. Some counties are relatively stable but overall, every county is, unfortunately, going in the wrong direction."
The incident rate in Waterford yesterday was 57.7, down from a high of 98.1 last week.
