The county of Leitrim continues to register one of the highest rates of Covid-19 per head of population in the country.
Ireland’s14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 has exceeded 1,000 for the first time since late January.
It stands at 1,037 per 100,000 people – with Leitrim, Louth and Westmeath the highest.
Carndonagh in Co Donegal, is the worst affected LEA in the country with a rate of 1,992.5 per 100,000.
Manorhamilton in Co Leitrim is the second worst affected incidence rate of 1,811.3 per 100,000. All three LEAs in Leitrim now have rates of more than 1,000 per 100,000 of the population.
Leitrim is one of 11 counties above that threshold, the others being Waterford, Carlow, Louth, Laois, Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Donegal, Cork and Kerry.
Leitrim (1,426.2 per 100,000), Waterford (1,037.5 per 100,000) and Carlow (1,185.6 per 100,000) are now the worst-affected counties in the State.
The highest number of cases in over 10 months was reported yesterday, at 5,438.
Chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, is encouraging people to be very cautious as the situation worsens.
