The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet this morning to analyse the spread of Covid-19 across the country.
Health officials are monitoring Cork, Galway, Roscommon and Monaghan, but the Acting Chief Medical Officer says it is close to becoming 'a national issue'.
429 cases of the virus were reported yesterday, with one new death.
Dr Ronan Glynn says the 'window of opportunity' for this not to become a national issue is closing: