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Galway City is by some margin the area most infected with Covid-19 in Ireland, more than five times the national average, the latest HSE data shows.
he Galway Central City local polling area has a rate of 1,292 cases per 100,000 residents in the 14 days to February 22, which is equivalent to approximately one in 80 people who tested positive.
This is more than five times the national average of 240.4 per 100,000.
Ballymun-Finglas had the highest rate in the capital and ranked second highest in the country with 798 cases per 100,000.
Galway City East had the third highest number of cases with an incidence of 579, further highlighting the number of cases Galway City has seen in recent weeks.
Tullamore (555.6) and Birr (471) rank fourth and 10th on the list respectively, as Offaly now has the highest incidence rate of any county in the country at 402.8.
Limerick City East, where the University of Limerick is located, has the sixth highest incidence in the nation among 166 local electoral areas (LEAs), with a rate of 546.1 cases per 100,000.
Tallaght South (555.5), Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart (529.6), Ballyfermot-Drimnagh (488.4) and North Inner City (487.3) round out the 10 most infected areas in Dublin and the country.
Granard in Longford and Corca Dhuibhne in Kerry are the only two LEAs with no registered cases in the two weeks through Feb. 22.
Listowel (20.9), Kenmare (35.9) and Killarney (47.3) have a very low incidence of the virus comparable to other parts of the country, with Kerry showing the lowest current incidence by county at 59.6 .
Ennistymon (30.5) in Clare, Bray East (35) in Wicklow, Cork City South West (51), Midleton (52.8) and Milford (58.1) in Donegal are among the areas with the least amount of confirmed cases by population.
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