The National Public Health Emergency Team told the Government tonight it remains deeply concerned about the rising levels of Covid-19 however it did not recommend tightening restrictions.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has reiterated his view that the situation has deteriorated further since Sunday.
The Cabinet Sub Committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the overall approach to compliance around the Covid-19 restrictions.
This will include a discussion on graduated fines for minor offences.
The Department of Health has been notified of one further Covid-19-related death and 506 new cases.
It brings the number of Covid-19-related deaths to 1,817.
There have now been 40,086 confirmed coronavirus cases in Ireland.
In a statement, the NPHET says that of the new cases, 240 are men and 265 are women. 64% of the new cases are under 45 years of age.
Dublin has the highest number of new cases with 91, 76 are reported in Cork, 53 in Donegal, 42 in Meath and the remaining 244 cases are located across 21 counties.
NPHET says that 39% of the new cases are associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case. 59 cases have been identified as community transmission.
A detailed breakdown of Covid-19 cases by local electoral areas shows that the Lifford/Stranorlar area of Donegal has the highest rate of the virus in the country.
Between 22 September and 5 October, Lifford/Stranorlar recorded a 14-day incidence rate of 602 cases per 100,000 of the population.
Other areas in Donegal have also recorded high incidence rates of the virus - Carndonagh has 347 cases per 100,000, while Letterkenny has 332.
Granard in Co Longford has a rate of 384, while Monaghan town is at 317.
Meanwhile, Paul Reid has said trends in the spread of Covid-19 "continue to be a strong concern" for the HSE.
The HSE CEO was speaking at a press briefing, which heard that as of yesterday evening there were 157 people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital, and 27 people in ICU.
He said that the hospital system is "challenged, but not overwhelmed". He said that some hospitals may have to start deferring or cancelling procedures, and may have to use some of their surge capacity beds.
In Northern Ireland, there have been 923 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the last 24 hours, according to its Department of Health.
Some 4,674 cases have been reported in the last seven days, bringing the overall total number of cases confirmed in the region to 17,110.
One further death has been reported by the department, bringing the toll to 587.
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