Coronavirus rates in Ireland are highest in the North and Co Donegal with some parts of the northwest seeing a marked increase in infections in the last week, new analysis reveals.
The BT42 postal district in Co Antrim, which covers parts of Ballymena, has the highest incidence on the island, with 638.9 cases per 100,000.
The areas in the Republic with the highest infection rates are in Co Donegal.
Carndonagh has a 14-day incidence of 518.7, which has almost doubled from a rate of 271.2 a week ago.
Claremorris in Co Mayo and Callan-Thomastown in Co Kilkenny have the next highest rates in the Republic, at 257.9 and 232.7 respectively.
In Waterford, there are two local electoral areas with incidence rates above the national average - Waterford City East and Portlaw/Kilmacthomas.
Portlaw/Kilmacthomas has the highest incidence rate at 111 - there were 19 cases in the area in the 2 weeks to Monday, while City East had 21 new cases, the same number as the previous week (incidence rate is 91.4).
In Tramore/Waterford City West there were 12 new cases, down 7 from last week, to give a rate of 53.6. In Dungarvan, there were 10 new cases - a rise on last week - the rate there is 48.8.
In Waterford City South, 14 new cases have been confirmed - down from 29 last week - to give a rate of 62.3.
Lismore remains the area with the lowest rate with again fewer than 5 cases.
Tomas Doherty and Julie Smyth
