A Public Health Expert Is Warning Cork May Be Next To Face Pandemic Restrictions

Galway is also a concern

248 more people have tested positive for Covid-19, and five more patients have died. 

The latest data on the outbreak in the Republic brings the death toll here past 1,800 for the first time.

Dublin had the largest share of today's confirmed cases, at 104 -- while there were 37 in Donegal and 36 in Cork. 

Professor Anthony Staines from DCU says the situation in Cork City is concerning: