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Almost all areas in Waterford report rise in Covid incidence rate

Almost all areas in Waterford report rise in Covid incidence rate
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Dungarvan has the lowest incidence of Covid-19 in Waterford.

Four electoral areas, two in the city and two in the county, now have rates above the national average.

There were 66 cases in Waterford City South during the two weeks ending on Monday (the 16th of November) that's up from 51 the week before and gives an incidence of 293.6 per 100,000 population.

The national rate at the time was 121.3

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The number of cases in Portlaw increased by two-thirds from 16 last week to 27 this week. Their incidence rate is 157.7

In Tramore City West the numbers were up by a third from 28 to 38 to give an incidence of 169.9.

There was a big jump in the Lismore area, they had fewer than 5 cases last week - by Monday it had increased 14 cases which pushes their incidence rate to 130.5.

Dungarvan also had 14, the same as last week, however, because their population is twice the size of Lismore their incidence rate is only 68.3.

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Waterford City East was the only area that saw a reduction in the number of cases, down from 34 last week to 25 which gives an incidence of 108.8.

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