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The incidence of Covid-19 in two areas of Dublin has risen above the 100 per 100,000 mark for the first time since spring, new figures show.
The 14-day incidence of the virus is now 101.9 per 100,000 people in southeast Dublin and 100.6 in northwest Dublin, according to the latest epidemiological report from the Center for Health Protection Surveillance.
Indeed, this means that approximately one person in every thousand in each area has contracted the disease in the last fifteen days.
A total of 1,068 cases were reported in Dublin during the two-week period ending last Friday.
Dublin South East, which runs from Baggot Street through Rathmines and Ranelagh to Leopardstown and Sandyford, recorded 126 new cases. Northwest Dublin, which stretches from Cabra to Mulhuddart and includes many newly built areas in West Dublin, recorded 209.
In South Dublin, by contrast, there were 44 new cases, yielding a 14-day incidence of just 32.3. Sligo, with 4.6, has the lowest incidence of the disease in the county, followed by Cork, with 8.1.
In total, 2,016 new cases were reported in the Republic, giving a national incidence of 42.34. Some 58 patients were hospitalized and two were admitted to the ICU, and there were four deaths among the confirmed cases.
The HSE says there were 57 Covid-19 patients in the hospital Sunday night, including seven new admissions during the previous 24 hours. Ten confirmed cases are in the ICU and eight with ventilators.
Within the hospital system, 59 critical care beds and 439 general beds are available.
Meanwhile, the latest update from the European Center for Disease Control shows that the incidence of the disease is twice that in Germany or Sweden.
Ireland currently reports a 14-day incidence of 45.4 to the ECDC, compared to 21.7 in Germany and 22.7 in Sweden.
Most countries in Europe are currently experiencing an increase in cases: the UK reports an incidence of 51.1 and Spain has the highest rate, at 270.7.
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