Galway Bay fm newsroom - Three areas in Galway have a Covid-19 incidence rates above the national average of 451 cases per 100 thousand people.
The highest is Galway City East at 571, followed by Galway City Central at 524, and Gort Kinvara at 515.
Galway City West is just below the national average at 441 cases per 100 thousand.
Elsewhere, and the figure for Athenry Oranmore is 432, Tuam is 416, Connemara North is 355, Ballinasloe is 345, Loughrea is 301, and Connemara South is 272.
Two parts of County Monaghan have the worst Covid incidence rates in the country.
The Ballybay Clones local electoral area along with Monaghan itself have rates of over 1,500 cases per 100,000 people.
Those two areas in Monaghan have the highest and second highest rates of Covid 19 in the Republic.
They're also joined by another Local Electoral Area from the same county, though further down the list, that's Carrickmacross, Castleblayney.
Elsewhere,unty Donegal has the highest number of areas on this list of the 10 highest rates.
Carndonagh, Buncrana and Milford are among the worst in the nation, alongside Lifford Stranorlar and the Glenties.
Manorhamilton in county Leitrim and the Bailieborough Cootehill area of County Cavan complete the list of highest rates.
Finally, the area with the lowest Covid rate in the country by some margin is Fermoy County Cork, followed by New Ross in Wexford and Roscrea Templemore in County Tipperary.
