Monaghan town and its environs has the highest incidence of Covid-19 in the country, according to the latest figures.
Monaghan local authority area (LEA), which includes most of north of the county nearest the Border, has a 14-day Covid-19 incidence rate of 1,255.8 per 100,000 of the population. This is more than three times the 14-day rate in the State at present.
There have been 285 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the area in the period between August 31st and September 13th, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
The adjoining local electoral area of Carrickmacross-Castleblayney has the second highest rate in the country with an incidence of 1,113.6 per 100,000.
Milford in north Donegal has the third highest rate at 1,074.7 cases per 100,000.
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Ballybay-Clones in Co Monaghan, which had the highest rate in last week’s figures (from August 24th-September 6th), now has the fourth worst incidence at 1,014.2 per 100,000. Last week, it was 1,576 per 100,000. It has dropped by a third in the week since.
Carndonagh in north Donegal has seen its Covid numbers halve between one fortnight and another and now has a 14-day rate of 731 per 100,000. Last week, it was 1,427 per 100,000.
The highest incidences of the virus remain clustered around the Border with Manorhamilton in Co Leitrim having a rate per 100,000 of the population of 868.7.
Boyle in Co Roscommon has a rate of 755.8 per 100,000 and Bailieborough-Cootehill 749.5 per 100,000.
The 14-day rate nationally has decreased by 8 per cent in the last two-week period to 413.2 per 100,000.
