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Monaghan is now the hardest hit county in Ireland when it comes to Covid-19 infection rates.
The border county has an incidence rate of 581.6 per 100,000 in the last 14 days after 257 cases in that period.
Data from the Department of Health as of midnight on December 31 shows that Monaghan, Donegal, Louth and Limerick are by far the most important hotspots at the moment with rates exceeding 500 per 100,000 people.
Seven other counties now have an incidence rate of more than 300, while not a single rate is below 100.
Tipperary remains the lowest rate in the country at 138.5; Here’s a look at the incidence rates for each county in the Republic of Ireland at this time.
Ireland Covid-19 Incidence Rates
County: 14-day incidence rate
Monaghan – 581.6
Donegal – 552.2
Louth – 528.4
Limerick – 506.4
Wexford – 370.7
Cavan – 364.9
Dublin – 358.9
Kilkenny – 351.7
Kerry – 331.1
May – 328.7
Sligo – 309.8
Cork – 289.9
Meath – 284.6
Galway – 281.3
Laois – 271.6
Carlow 268.7
Clare – 234
Roscommon – 223.1
Kildare – 222.5
Westmeath – 209.5
Waterford – 203.1
Longford – 168.8
Offal – 161.6
Wicklow – 154.5
Leitrim – 143.6
Tipperary – 138.5
Worst figures to come
As the Covid situation in Ireland spirals out of control, health experts warn that more than 9,000 new cases could be confirmed in the coming days.
Professor Philip Nolan, Chairman of NPHET’s Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, said that given the high volume of testing being conducted each day, the Center for Health Protection and Surveillance has yet to report a significant number of cases in numbers. officers.
He explained that positive tests in the labs will need to be confirmed by HPSC before they are officially reported.
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