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Irish Mirror
National
Sam Roberts

Coronavirus Ireland county-by-county: Most report zero new cases as Sligo goes nearly one month without infection

Sligo has gone nearly one month without a single new case of coronavirus.

The last time the county reported a new infection was on Thursday, May 14, according to statistics released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

This means it has been a staggering 24 days since a new Covid-19 case was confirmed there.

The total number of Covid-19 patients reported in the county stands at 128.

Meanwhile most of Ireland reported zero new coronavirus cases over the previous 24 hours, new figures show.

A whopping 18 counties saw no rise in infections according to the latest statistics released on Sunday.

The data released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) covers the period up to midnight on Friday, June 5.

The only eight counties to record new cases over the previous 24-hour period were Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath and Wicklow.

It comes after it was confirmed today that one more person died from the coronavirus in Ireland.

While 25 further Covid-19 cases have been identified here.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. (Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin)

The announcement was made by the Department of Health this evening.

There is now a total of 25,201 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Here is the latest county-by-county breakdown:

County Number of cases % of total
Carlow 168 0.67
Cavan 858 3.41
Clare 368 1.46
Cork 1529 6.07
Donegal 471 1.87
Dublin 12139 48.22
Galway 481 1.91
Kerry 308 1.22
Kildare 1423 5.65
Kilkenny 344 1.37
Laois 262 1.04
Leitrim 84 0.33
Limerick 582 2.31
Longford 285 1.13
Louth 777 3.09
Mayo 570 2.26
Meath 806 3.2
Monaghan 528 2.1
Offaly 479 1.9
Roscommon 337 1.34
Sligo 128 0.51
Tipperary 540 2.14
Waterford 154 0.61
Westmeath 671 2.67
Wexford 214 0.85
Wicklow 670 2.66
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