A crisis meeting is taking place later today between health officials and public representatives in Limerick over a recent spike in Covid-19 cases.
The Chief Medical Officer's concerned about the 'significant increase' in cases of covid 19 in Limerick, with incidence of 411 per 100 thousand people.
Tony Holohon says it's extremely important everyone in the region continues to stick to the public health advice.
It's after 465 new cases of covid 19 were confirmed in the Republic, with only 30 patients in intensive care.
The national five-day moving average of Covid-19 cases has dropped by three percent over the past week to 392.
465 new cases were confirmed last night by the Department of Health.
In hospitals there are 84 patients with the virus - down 16 percent on a week ago, while there's 30 patients in ICU.
