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The latest data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) was published on Thursday.
One in 26 people have tested positive for the virus in Dundalk South in the last fortnight, with the second high incidence of 3,783. The region has seen 1,227 cases in the 14 days up to January 11. Dundalk-Carlingford (2,395) and Ardee (2,161) also have well above average disease incidence, as the county has the second-highest in the country at 2,462.
Many regions across the country have such high levels of the disease that more than one in 40 have tested positive with all hospitals in the State under severe pressure.
Limerick has three different regions with an incidence of over 2,000 per 100,000 as Adare-Rathkeale shows the third-highest incidence in the nation at 3,118, Newcastle West stands at 2,305, while Limerick City West (containing UHL) has an incidence of 2,020.
Incidence rate of Covid-19 in Adare/Rathkeale now three times the national rate
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The 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 in the Adare/Rathkeale Municipal District has soared past 2,000 (per 100,000 population) and is now the second highest in the country.
Data published on the Covid-19 Data Hub this Thursday shows 557 confirmed cases of the disease were reported in the district between December 22 and January 4 - giving an incidence rate of 2010.1, which is three times the national rate.
In line with the surge of cases across the country, the rate of infection in each of the other five Local Electoral Areas in Limerick has also surged since Christmas.