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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sam Roberts

Coronavirus Ireland: One county has gone more than a week without a new case

Sligo has gone more than a week without a new coronavirus case, official figures show.

The last time a Covid-19 infection was reported in the county was on Wednesday, May 13.

The latest statistics released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show that nine counties in total recorded zero new cases in the 24-hour period up to midnight on Friday, May 22.

Donegal, Kerry, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Sligo, Tipperary and Wexford all reported no further confirmed cases.

Dublin remains the epicentre of the virus in this country, with 11,873 people picking up the disease since the outbreak began.

It comes after Department of Health officials confirmed this evening that four more people have died from coronavirus in Ireland.

However just 57 new cases of the disease have been found here, bringing the total number of infections in this country to 24,639.

A full list of all cases county-by-county can be found below:

County Number of cases % of total
Carlow 152 0.6
Cavan 824 3.4
Clare 321 1.3
Cork 1428 5.8
Donegal 478 1.9
Dublin 11873 48.3
Galway 458 1.9
Kerry 308 1.3
Kildare 1392 5.7
Kilkenny 334 1.4
Laois 256 1
Leitrim 82 0.3
Limerick 616 2.5
Longford 280 1.1
Louth 756 3.1
Mayo 568 2.3
Meath 797 3.2
Monaghan 501 2
Offaly 478 1.9
Roscommon 318 1.3
Sligo 129 0.5
Tipperary 528 2.1
Waterford 151 0.6
Westmeath 663 2.7
Wexford 217 0.9
Wicklow 661 2.7
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