Kildare now has the highest 14 day Covid 19 incidence rate in Ireland.
Latest data shows 465 people in the county have been diagnosed with the virus in the two weeks to April 19th.
The incidence rate here is 209 cases per 100,000 people.
The national R rate is 113.9 and 5,422 new diagnoses.

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