Donegal now has fourth highest-number of Covid-19 cases in the country after Dublin with 18,368, Kildare with 2,739, and Cork with 2,583.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan says the profile of the Covid-19 is continuing to deteriorate and that individual action is needed to suppress it.
Yesterday saw a further 5 deaths and 617 new cases.
It’s the highest number of new cases since April and the third time this week the number of daily cases has passed the 600 mark.
Yesterday’s figures showed there have now been 1,299 cases in Donegal, with 240 in Sligo and 125 in Leitrim.
DCU Professor Anthony Staines is critical of the testing and tracing system:
There are calls for more cross-border co-operation after a record number of Covid-19 cases in the North yesterday.
1,080 infections were confirmed in the region yesterday, and nearly 5,300 in the past week.
Almost a third of the North’s cases have been recorded in the past week.
Anne Speed, the lead negotiator for the North’s health trade unions, says it’s a crisis.
