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The latest figures have shown that Covid-19 incident rates have risen by an average of 72 percent in Cork City in recent days.
The number of confirmed cases of the virus in the city increased by 421 people between October 12 and 19, with an average of about 60 additional cases each day.
The figures, available on the Covid-19 Data Hub, show information at the LEA level (local electorate areas) as of October 19.
There have been a total of 1,087 confirmed cases of the virus in the city as of Oct. 19, compared to 604 confirmed cases in other parts of the county.
A total of 665 additional cases were identified between October 12 and 19 in Cork: 421 in the city and 244 in other parts of the county.
The highest incident rate in Cork remains in Cork City South Central, with a rate of 804 per 100,000 people, making it the highest rate in Munster.
The rate is more than double the current national average incident rate of 302, with Cork’s average rate now at 797.43, while it was measured at 604.20 on October 12.
The total cumulative number of confirmed cases in Cork is 4,329 to date, with an additional 98 cases confirmed today, October 22.
Incident rates in various Local Election Areas (LEAs) have increased dramatically based on the data, with Bantry West Cork experiencing an incident rate increase of 141.5%, Mallow 130% and Kanturk 125%.
The number of cases has also increased across the board except Midleton, where there was a slight drop.
Incident rates per 100,000 population (% increase since October 12)
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Cork City South Central: 804 (42% increase)
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Cork City North East: 467 (59% increase)
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Cork City North West: 498 (95% increase)
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Cork City South East: 428 (85% increase)
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Cork City South West: 417 (79% increase)
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Carrigaline: 307 (76% increase)
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Cobh: 234 (66% increase)
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Bantry West Cork: 227 (141.5% increase)
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Macroom: 198 (92% increase)
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Skibbereen West Cork: 192 (76% increase)
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Bandon-Kinsale: 182 (30% increase)
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Fermoy: 181 (17% increase)
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Kanturk: 180 (125% increase)
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Mauve: 161 (130% increase)
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Midleton: 117 (4.9% decrease
The total number of cases in each of these areas as of October 19 (and changes since October 12)
- Cork City South Central: 311 (increase from 92)
- North West Cork City: 200 (increase of 97)
- Cork City North East: 197 (increase from 71)
- Cork City South West: 196 (increase from 77)
- Cork City South East: 183 (increase from 84)
- Carrigaline: 108 (increase of 47)
- Cobh: 80 (increase of 32)
- Macroom: 73 (increase of 35)
- Bandon-Kinsale: 68 (16 increase)
- Fermoy: 66 (increase of 10)
- Skibbereen West Cork: 58 (increase of 25)
- Midleton: 53 (reduced by 3)
- Bantry West Cork: 51 (increase of 30)
- Mauve: 47 (increase of 27)
- Kanturk: 45 (25 increase)
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