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Seven local areas in Ireland still have Covid-19 incidence rates of more than 240 per 100,000 people in the last two weeks despite the lockdown.
Four constituencies in Donegal, as well as one in Limerick, Louth and Offaly are the worst in the country according to the latest data as of midnight Nov. 23.
Milford in Donegal has the worst rate in the country at 355.8 which according to the ECDC is not far behind Spain’s rate of 361.4 today.
Letterkenny is the only other electorate area in Ireland that currently has a rate of over 300.
Here’s a look at the seven places with rates of more than 200 per 100,000 people.
- Carndonagh – 265
- Buncrana – 281.7
- Milford – 355.8
- Letterkenny – 305.5
- Dundalk South – 299.1
- Edenderry – 252.9
- West Limerick City – 243.6
You can check your own local constituency area here.
This comes after Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced that the lockdown would be eased starting Tuesday as the country returns to Level Three.
Meanwhile, the National Public Health Emergencies Team (NPHET) has issued a series of stark warnings about the potential consequences of easing lockdown restrictions, including the possibility of a third wave hitting harder and faster than the second.
In a lengthy letter to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, NPHET bosses said easing restrictions, coupled with the “inevitable” mix around Christmas, could mean that a “third wave of disease will occur much more quickly and with higher mortality than the second “. “
The 36-page letter says that Ireland’s health services “remain vulnerable”, adding that “an increase in disease incidence will likely be compounded by significant intergenerational mixing around the Christmas period.”
And NPHET has added that early action will be needed to clamp down on any increases in incidence rates, something that is unlikely to be music to the ears of a government trying to create the conditions for a relatively normal Christmas.
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