Kildare's 14 Day Covid 19 Incidence Rate Is The Highest In Ireland.

Thursday, 13 May 2021 06:20

The rate in the county is almost double the national figure.

Kildare now has the highest 14 day Covid 19 incidence rate in Irela,d

560 people in Kildare have been diagnosed with the virus in the two weeks to May 11th.

The incidence rate here is 251.7 cases per 100,000 people.

The national R rate is 129.7 and 6,175 new diagnoses.

12,383 people in Co. Kildare have been diagnosed with Covid-19, since testing began, following 35 new cases confirmed, last night

Over 7,500 of these diagnoses have occurred since New Year's Day.

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 11^th May 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County	Today's cases (to midnight 11MAY2021)	5 day moving average (06MAY2021 – 11MAY2021)	14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (28APR2021 to 11MAY2021)	New Cases during last 14 days (28APR2021 to 11MAY2021)
Ireland	448	425.6	129.7	6,175
Kildare	35	35.4	251.7	560
Donegal	12	27.0	240.6	383
Dublin	229	207.2	198.2	2,670
Roscommon	11	10.0	195.2	126
Westmeath	8	9.2	173.5	154
Meath	38	19.4	149.2	291
Cavan	10	6.0	144.4	110
Monaghan	12	6.0	112.4	69
Limerick	16	15.0	110.3	215
Louth	15	6.8	107.8	139
Tipperary	<5	5.8	98.4	157
Cork	34	27.2	90.4	491
Offaly	<5	4.4	85.9	67
Longford	0	0.6	85.6	35
Carlow	<5	3.2	84.3	48
Galway	<5	9.2	72.1	186
Waterford	<5	5.0	68.0	79
Wicklow	<5	5.0	66.0	94
Wexford	6	10.2	58.8	88
Leitrim	0	0.4	53.1	17
Kilkenny	<5	3.4	43.3	43
Clare	<5	3.6	40.4	48
Laois	<5	1.8	37.8	32
Mayo	0	3.0	33.7	44
Kerry	0	0.8	14.2	21
Sligo	0	0.0	12.2	8

The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.

7-day incidence rate is 62
5-day moving average is 426

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