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Ireland’s 14-day incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 has risen to 33.2, according to the latest figures from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
It marks an increase from the 29.6 figure reported yesterday, and is the 11th highest rate in the 31 countries for which the ECDC publishes figures.
Spain continues to have the highest incidence in 14 days in the countries supervised by the ECDC, 240.6, while the latest figure for France is 118.9.
French health authorities reported 8,550 new confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday, compared to 8,975 on Friday.
Friday’s figure had set a new all-time high for daily cases since the disease began to spread in France at the end of winter.
Croatia (94.2), Czechia (56.0), Belgium (50.4), the Netherlands (44.9), Austria (44.7) and Portugal (43.7) also have incidence rates of 14 days higher than Ireland.
However, several countries that are not on the Government Green List for international travel have lower fares according to ECDC figures, including Great Britain (29.4), Germany (20.6), Sweden (21.2) and Poland (24.2).
The figures from the ECDC and the National Public Health Emergency Team on the 14-day incidence in Ireland may vary for a number of reasons.
There is a lag in the cases reported to the ECDC. Additionally, the ECDC uses an estimated population for Ireland as of 2019.
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The Department of Health reported 231 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, more than half of them in Dublin.
In a statement, Dr. Ronan Glynn, acting medical director, urged people in the capital to keep their social contacts as low as possible.
Dr Glynn said that “now it is really important that the people of Dublin keep their social contacts as low as possible.”
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