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Cavan no longer has highest incidence rate in the country

Nov 6, 2020 07:41 By News Northern Sound
Cavan no longer has highest incidence rate in the country
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Buncrana in Donegal is the local electoral area with the highest Covid-19 14-day incidence rate in the country. It's followed by Ballyjamesduff

Buncrana in Donegal is the local electoral area with the highest Covid-19 14-day incidence rate in the country.

It's followed by Ballyjamesduff in Cavan, where the rate is a third of what it was during its peak a number of weeks ago.

This comes as the incidence rate in the entire county of Cavan is now 3.5 times lower now than two weeks ago.

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The county recorded less than 5 cases of Covid 19 yesterday, and is no longer recording the highest incidence rate in the country at 294.1

In Monaghan there were also less than 5 cases recorded yesterday bringing the incidence rate there down 2.27 to 177.6.

Despite the drop in Cavan by the Ballyjamesduff LEA is still recording the second highest incidence rate in the country.

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There was also a drop in the incidence rate in Monaghan of 2.27 to 177.6

Figures recorded between the 20th of October and the 2nd of November show, 153 new Covid cases in the Ballyjamesduff LEA between giving an incidence rate of 593.

The national rate for the two week period was 228.0 at the time.
However, since then Ballyjamesduff has seen a reduction of its rate by a third.

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In the Cavan-Belturbet LEA 119 cases were reported in the same period and 75 in the Bailieborough-Cootehill LEA.

Monaghan's incidence rate was lower over this period across the LEAs.
Monaghan LEA recorded the highest at 171.8 after 39 confirmed cases, Ballybay Clones recorded 23 cases, and Carrickmacross-Castleblayney LEA had the lowest in the county at 9 cases and rate of 42.

Galway City Central has the highest rate when it comes to urban areas - where the figure is double the national total.

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Mayor of Galway is Mike Cubbard - he says everyone there needs to work together to bring the infections down.

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