Two areas of Co Donegal have the highest incidence rates of Covid-19 in the country.
Milford local electoral area’s was 675 cases per 100,000 people – the highest in the Republic, after its rate more than doubled in a week. The incidence rate is five time higher than the national average of 122.5.
Letterkenny LEA, also in Donegal, was the second worst, with 594 – up 82 per cent on the previous week.
Nenagh in Co Tipperary was the third highest, at 449.
Four LEAs in Dublin recorded rates of over 300 – with Ongar the worst, at 419.
On the other end of the scale, 16 areas had less than five cases in the two-week period.
They include parts of nine counties – Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow and Wexford.
