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

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

Kildare's 14 day Covid 19 incidence rate is the highest in Ireland, for the second day.

564 people in the county were diagnosed with the virus in the two weeks to May 12th.

The rate here is 253.5 cases per 100,000 people.

The national rate is almost half that figure, at 129.3 cases per 100,000 people.

12,421 people in Kildare have been diagnosed with Covid 19 since testing began.

Over 7,500 of those diagnoses took place this year.

County

Today's cases (to midnight 12MAY2021)

5 day moving average (07MAY2021 – 12MAY2021)

14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (29APR2021 to 12MAY2021)

New Cases during last 14 days (29APR2021 to 12MAY2021)

Ireland

456

435.4

129.3

6,159

Kildare

39

38.4

253.5

564

Donegal

49

32.2

248.8

396

Dublin

189

203.6

199.5

2,688

Roscommon

<5

10.2

187.5

121

Westmeath

12

9.4

165.6

147

Meath

13

19.8

141.5

276

Cavan

<5

5.4

139.2

106

Louth

9

7.8

111.0

143

Monaghan

5

6.0

110.8

68

Limerick

15

15.8

109.3

213

Cork

52

29.4

93.4

507

Carlow

<5

4.0

86.1

49

Tipperary

<5

5.0

84.6

135

Offaly

6

4.4

83.4

65

Longford

<5

0.6

68.5

28

Wicklow

<5

4.2

66.7

95

Galway

17

11.2

66.7

172

Waterford

0

3.2

65.4

76

Wexford

8

11.2

64.8

97

Kilkenny

5

3.6

47.4

47

Laois

6

2.0

41.3

35

Clare

<5

2.8

41.2

49

Leitrim

<5

0.6

40.6

13

Mayo

7

3.4

32.9

43

Kerry

<5

1.0

13.5

20

Sligo

<5

0.2

9.2

6

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