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The New Ross constituency in Co Wexford has seen its 14-day Covid-19 incidence rate increase by more than 1,000 percent in the space of just one week.
New data released to the government’s Covid-19 data center shows that the New Ross local election area has the highest 14-day incidence rate in the state. It now has 659.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 57.7 a week ago. The area added 183 cases of Covid-19 in the fortnight before December 21, more than any other local electoral area in the Republic.
Nationally, the incidence rate of the virus is 138.2 cases per 100,000 population, and Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said that the Republic of Ireland now has the fastest growing incidence rate in the European Union.
Carndonagh in Donegal, which previously had the highest rate of the virus, has seen its incidence rate drop from 795.8 per 100,000 population to 619. Buncrana, also in Donegal, has the third highest rate, at 523.1. The latest figures show the incidence rate of the disease in 14 days until December 21.
Castlecomer in Co Kilkenny has the fourth highest rate (462.2), followed by Kenmare in Co Kerry (438.9) and Ballybay-Clones in Co Monaghan (365.1).
Of the 10 local electoral areas with the highest rates of Covid-19, eight are in the border counties.
Meanwhile, nine counties had fewer than five cases during the two-week period. Manorhamilton and Ballinamore in Co Leitrim, Athlone and Roscommon in Co Roscommon, Kilrush and Killaloe in Co Clare, Belmullet in Co Mayo, Cahir in Co Tipperary and Carrickmacross-Castleblayney in Co Monaghan each had fewer than five cases in the two weeks prior to December 21.
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