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Rate of Covid-19 in Dungarvan area surpasses national average

Rate of Covid-19 in Dungarvan area surpasses national average
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The Dungarvan Local Electoral Area still has the highest rate of Covid-19 in Waterford.

113 cases were recorded there over the past two weeks and the 14-day incidence rate of the virus in the Dungarvan area is now higher than the national average at 551 cases per 100,000 people.

Elsewhere across the county, Waterford City East had the second-highest rate of the virus here with 81 cases recorded over the past two weeks.

That's followed by the Portlaw-Kilmacthomas area with an incidence rate of 338.8 cases per 100,000 people and Waterford City South with a rate of 333.7.

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Meanwhile, the Tramore Local Electoral Area still has the lowest rate of the virus in Waterford and the sixth lowest in the Republic.

55 cases were recorded in Tramore over the past two weeks and the incidence rate of the virus there is 246 cases per 100,000 of the population.

The Lismore area had the second-lowest 14-day incidence rate recorded in Waterford, at 317 per 100,000 people.

Nationally Monaghan, Donegal, Cavan and Longford have the highest 14-day incidence rates in the country.

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