A cluster of Covid-19 cases is being blamed for a significant increase in
the number of cases recorded in Cavan in recent days.
Its increase of six recorded on Friday is in contrast to Roscommon which has
seen no new cases in the last four weeks.
Cavan has now seen 876 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly listed it among the counties affected by
clusters at the weekend, with six cases recorded on Friday.
Roscommon has seen no new cases in the last four weeks, topping the list for
the number of days without a new case of Covid 19 - it's seen 346 confirmed
cases.
The last rise in Longford was recorded on Friday (July 24th), again with an
increase of one new case, which now bring the tally in Longford to 288.
Monaghan saw one new case recorded on Friday (July 31st) with its total now
at 542.
Leitrim's last recorded case was last Wednesday (July 29th) when there was
an increase of one new case - the county now has 84 cases.
