People are being urged to reconsider their Christmas plan if they have been socialising in the past few weeks after 764 more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the Republic of Ireland.
The infection rate among adults between 19 and 44 has more than doubled in the past 10 days.
52 additional cases of Covid-19 were reported in Donegal yesterday, there were 14 new cases in Sligo and the number in Leitrim was less than 5.
Professor Anthony Staines from DCU says the country is failing to manage the spread of the virus:
