
403.1 cases per 100,000 people
Co. Kildare's Covid-19 incidence rate has increased.
For the 14 days to Tuesday, 24th August, 897 people in the county tested positive for the virus - an incidence rate of 403.1 cases, per 100,000 people.
The national rate, for the 2 weeks to Tuesday, was 531.9 cases, per 100,000 people.
In the 7 day period to Tuesday, 450 people in Co. Kildare were diagnosed with Covid-19.
The incidence rate for that period was 202.2 cases per 100,000 people.
Out of the 26 counties, Kildare is in 22nd place.
The 14-day rate to Monday, 23rd August, was 398.6 cases per 100,000 people, with 887 people testing positive for the virus.