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Kildare's 14 Day Covid 19 Incidence Rate Remains The 2nd Highest In Ireland.

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Only Donegal's incidence rate is higher.

Kildare's 14 day Covid 19 incidence remains the second highest in Ireland, after Donegal.

592 people in the county have been diagnosed with the virus in the two weeks to May 3rd.

The incidence rate here is 266.1.  cases per 100,000 people.

The national R rate is 134.1  and 6,385 new diagnoses.

The rate in Donegal is 306.5 and 488 new cases.

 

County

Today's cases (to
midnight 03MAY2021)**

5 day moving average
(28APR2021 – 03MAY2021)

14-Day incidence
rate per 100,000
population (20APR2021
to 03MAY2021)

New Cases during
last 14 days (20APR2021
to 03MAY2021)

Donegal

25

27.6

306.5

488

Kildare

40

49.2

266.1

592

Westmeath

15

12.6

207.3

184

Dublin

129

189.8

189.8

2,557

Tipperary

17

14.8

167.3

267

Offaly

5

5.4

159.1

124

Meath

32

21.0

145.1

283

Longford

<5

3.2

141.9

58

Cavan

6

10.6

140.5

107

Ireland

383

470.2

134.1

6,385

Limerick

12

14.8

127.2

248

Louth

25

13.8

119.5

154

Leitrim

<5

1.4

106.1

34

Roscommon

16

7.0

99.2

64

Wicklow

5

9.0

91.3

130

Galway

11

17.6

90.3

233

Carlow

<5

4.2

86.1

49

Waterford

5

9.2

80.9

94

Monaghan

<5

2.2

74.9

46

Cork

16

40.0

73.5

399

Laois

<5

1.8

54.3

46

Mayo

<5

3.8

52.1

68

Clare

<5

3.0

39.6

47

Sligo

<5

1.0

38.1

25

Kilkenny

5

2.6

30.2

30

Wexford

<5

3.0

25.4

38

Kerry

<5

1.6

13.5

20

~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.

 

 

  • the 7-day incidence rate is 67
  • 5 Day Moving average 470

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