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Kildare's 14 Day Covid 19 Incidence Rate Remains The Highest In Ireland.

Friday, 14 May 2021 06:25

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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The rate in the county is almost double the national figure.

Kildare's 14 day Covid 19 incidence rate is the highest in Ireland, for the second day.

564 people in the county were diagnosed with the virus in the two weeks to May 12th.

The rate here is 253.5 cases per 100,000 people.

The national rate is almost half that figure, at 129.3 cases per 100,000 people.

12,421 people in Kildare have been diagnosed with Covid 19 since testing began.

Over 7,500 of those diagnoses took place this year.

County	Today's cases (to midnight 12MAY2021)	5 day moving average (07MAY2021 – 12MAY2021)	14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (29APR2021 to 12MAY2021)	New Cases during last 14 days (29APR2021 to 12MAY2021)
Ireland	456	435.4	129.3	6,159
Kildare	39	38.4	253.5	564
Donegal	49	32.2	248.8	396
Dublin	189	203.6	199.5	2,688
Roscommon	<5	10.2	187.5	121
Westmeath	12	9.4	165.6	147
Meath	13	19.8	141.5	276
Cavan	<5	5.4	139.2	106
Louth	9	7.8	111.0	143
Monaghan	5	6.0	110.8	68
Limerick	15	15.8	109.3	213
Cork	52	29.4	93.4	507
Carlow	<5	4.0	86.1	49
Tipperary	<5	5.0	84.6	135
Offaly	6	4.4	83.4	65
Longford	<5	0.6	68.5	28
Wicklow	<5	4.2	66.7	95
Galway	17	11.2	66.7	172
Waterford	0	3.2	65.4	76
Wexford	8	11.2	64.8	97
Kilkenny	5	3.6	47.4	47
Laois	6	2.0	41.3	35
Clare	<5	2.8	41.2	49
Leitrim	<5	0.6	40.6	13
Mayo	7	3.4	32.9	43
Kerry	<5	1.0	13.5	20
Sligo	<5	0.2	9.2	6

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