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Covid-19 incidence rate above average in two Galway areas

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Covid-19 incidence rate above average in two Galway areas

Galway Bay fm newsroom - There are now two areas in Galway with a Covid-19 incidence rate above the national average.

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The figure for Tuam local electoral area is 172 per 100 thousand people, while the figure for Galway City East is 158.

That compares to a national average of 132 per 100 thousand.

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Meanwhile, Ballinasloe is 124, Athenry-Oranmore is 97, Galway City Central is 86, Galway City West is 47, and Gort-Kinvara is 34.

Loughrea, Connemara North, and Connemara South all have less than 5 cases per 100 thousand people.

Details on other areas of the country

On Monday, the country's 14-day incidence rate was 132 cases per 100,000 people.

But there was a huge variation in cases around the country during the previous two weeks.

Ongar LEA in Dublin had the highest rate - at 441, well over three times the national average.

The next worst was Ballymun-Finglas, elsewhere in the capital, at 387.

Other badly hit areas include Donegal - where Buncrana, Milford and Letterkenny LEAs all had incidence rates of over 300.

Two areas in Co Kildare also had rates of over 300 - they are Newbridge and Kildare LEA itself.

The 16 areas with less than five cases in the two-week period include LEAs in Kerry, Mayo and Galway.

Tullamore LEA in Co Offaly had the highest rate for several weeks - but its rate has dropped sharply this week, to 209.

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