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

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 06:15

Only Donegal's rate is higher.

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

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, last named both counties as among four where transmission rates of the virus were of concern.

558 people in Kildare have been diagnosed with the virus in the two weeks to May 9th.

The incidence rate here is 250.8 cases per 100,000 people.

The national R rate is 129 and 6,144 new diagnoses.

The rate in Donegal is 260 and 488 new cases.

County	Today's cases (to midnight 09MAY2021)	5 day moving average (04MAY2021 – 09MAY2021)	14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (26APR2021 to 09MAY2021)	New Cases during last 14 days (26APR2021 to 09MAY2021)
Ireland	381	425.4	129	6,144
Donegal	39	28	260.7	415
Kildare	30	34	250.8	558
Westmeath	13	11	201.6	179
Dublin	188	202	190.3	2,564
Roscommon	5	10	164.2	106
Meath	<5	15	142.5	278
Cavan	0	6	137.8	105
Tipperary	13	7	118.5	189
Monaghan	5	6	114	70
Limerick	13	14	110.3	215
Louth	<5	7	105.5	136
Offaly	<5	4	97.5	76
Longford	0	1	93	38
Carlow	7	3	89.6	51
Cork	13	33	86.4	469
Wicklow	9	6	82.9	118
Galway	11	9	75.2	194
Waterford	6	5	74.9	87
Leitrim	0	1	65.5	21
Wexford	12	9	49.4	74
Laois	<5	3	41.3	35
Kilkenny	<5	3	40.3	40
Clare	<5	4	39.6	47
Mayo	<5	3	36	47
Sligo	0	0	18.3	12
Kerry	<5	2	13.5	20

12,315 people in Co. Kildare have been diagnosed with Covid-19, since testing began, following 30 new cases confirmed, last night.

Nationally, no additional deaths were notified, and 381 new cases of the virus were confirmed.

188 cases are in Dublin, 39 are in Donegal, 13 in Limerick, 13 in Cork, 13 in Tipperary, 13 in Westmeath and the remaining 72 cases are spread across 15 other counties.

31 of the 124 Covid patients in hospital are receiving intensive care, while the 5-day moving average of cases now stands at 425.

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