Covid-19 cases rise in West Donegal over holiday period
MORE THAN one hundred people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Glenties Local Electoral Area (LEA) in the past fourteen days which is the highest level of infection recorded in the area since the start of the pandemic.
This record-level surge in west Donegal can be largely attributed to an intensified period of social gatherings and widespread community transmission in the lead up to Christmas. This was followed by widespread household gatherings during the festive period.
The number of positive case for Glenties EA over the past two weeks (102) is still well short of the numbers in Letterkenny (500), Milford (246), Lifford-Stranorlar (225) and Donegal (179) over the same period.