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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Cormac O'Shea

Coronavirus Ireland county by county breakdown: Four counties out on their own

Just four counties in the Republic of Ireland have had fewer than 200 cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began.

Waterford, Carlow, Leitrim and Sligo have handled the virus brilliantly and have the lowest amount of cases in the country.

Below you can see a county by county breakdown of the latest statistics.

Today's cases and deaths

A further four people have died and there are 88 new cases of coronavirus in Ireland, it has emerged.

The latest update from the National Public Health Emergency Team brings the death toll here to 1,547.

There have now been 24,200 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic.

HPSC data

Latest HPSC data released also shows a breakdown of the cases up until Saturday when there were 24,036 cases.

.       57% are female and 43% are male

·        the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years

·        3,127 cases (13%) have been hospitalised

·        Of those hospitalised, 391 cases have been admitted to ICU

·        7,615 cases are associated with healthcare workers

·        Dublin has the highest number of cases at 11,693 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,367 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,361 cases (5%)

·        Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 37%, travel abroad accounts for 3%

Below is a county by county breakdown of cases up until Saturday, May 16.

County by county breakdown

Dublin - 11,693

Kildare - 1,367

Cork - 1,361

Cavan - 788

Meath - 780

Louth - 740

Wicklow - 657

Westmeath - 654

Limerick - 602

Mayo - 552

Tipperary - 524

Monaghan - 480

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Donegal - 475

Offaly - 459

Galway - 432

Clare - 315

Kerry - 307

Roscommon - 304

Kilkenny - 300

Longford - 279

Laois - 253

Wexford - 212

Waterford - 147

Carlow - 147

Sligo - 129

Leitrim - 79

 
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