541 people in Kildare were diagnosed with Covid 19 in two weeks to Monday.
Kildare's 14 day Covid 19 incidence rate has jumped by almost 20 points.
The rate, for the two weeks to Saturday, July 18th, was 227.9 cases per 100,000 people.
Latest data, for the 14 days to midnight on Monday, shows the rate in the county has risen to 243..
Only 7 counties have higher rates.
541 people in Kildare were diagnosed with Covid 19 in that period.
332 of those diagnoses took place in the week to Monday.
Kildare's 5 day moving average of cases, between July 15th and 19th is 52.
The state's 14 day incidence rate in that period is 245.8 cases per 100,000 people.