534 new cases confirmed yesterday.
Ireland has the fourth highest incidence rate of Covid-19 in the EU - with only Cyprus, Portugal and Spain faring worse.
The Republic's 14-day rate is 121 per 100,000 people, with 534 new cases confirmed yesterday.
🆕Ireland has the fourth highest 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 in the EU - with only Cyprus, Portugal and Spain faring worse.
— Eoghan Murphy (@eoghanymurphy) July 8, 2021
1⃣Highest: Cyprus - 393 per 100,000 people
2⃣Second: Portugal - 241
3⃣Third: Spain - 215
4⃣Fourth: Ireland - 121
627 new cases were reported in the North yesterday - the highest since late January.
Donegal GP Denis McCauley, from the Irish Medical Organisation, fears the Republic's rate could increase six-fold in the coming weeks.
The North recorded its highest number of cases in over five months yesterday, at 627 - after a six-fold increase in recent weeks.
Dr McCauley says the Republic could go the same way if restrictions ease too much
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