Athlone had one of the highest uptakes nationwide.

The calls come as the number of people in hospitals with COVID has increased in the last week.

Deputy Naughten thinks establishing this infrastructure could have wide ranging benefits further down the road.

Westmeath recorded the highest number of deaths from the virus locally.

Cases have risen by over a hundred when compared to this time last month.

Current hospital levels are over four times higher than the figures at the start of June.

According to a new survey, over 10 percent of people think the pandemic is completely over

There have been 256 new cases of the virus locally in the last week.