'This is going to get worse before it gets better': Donnelly warns as Covid cases reach highest number since January

Minister Stephen Donnelly arriving at Dublin Castle. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has warned Covid-19 figures are "going to get worse before it gets better" as 2,399 cases of the virus were confirmed this evening.

This marks the highest number of Covid cases since January 22.