Covid-19 Ireland: county-by-county report card as seven areas struggle to wrestle down case numbers

Ireland is still in the midst of its third wave and case numbers around the country are still surging.

HSE chief Paul Reid today announced that there were 898 people in hospital with Covid-19.

There are also currently 69 patients in ICU with the virus.

Yesterday, there were 921 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a further 23 deaths reported by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

And the national incidence rate per 100,000 people over the last 14 days currently stands at 319 (as of February 8).

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The incidence rate per 100,000 is the most effective way of comparing how badly different parts of the country are affected by Covid-19.

Currently, there are seven counties – Dublin, Monaghan, Carlow, Waterford, Louth, Wexford and Offaly – with an incidence rate above the national 14-day average.

With that in mind, here's a county-by-county breakdown of the incidence rates in the Republic of Ireland.

Dublin:

Incidence rate: 386.8

Cases in the last two weeks: 5,211

Monaghan:

Incidence rate: 514.8

Cases in the last two weeks: 316

Carlow

Incidence rate: 402.2

Cases in the last two weeks: 229

People out and about on Henry Street amid the pandemic (Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins) (Gareth Chaney/Collins)

Waterford

Incidence rate: 388.2

Cases in the last two weeks: 451

Louth

Incidence rate: 360.8

Cases in the last two weeks: 465

Wexford

Incidence rate: 342

Cases in the last two weeks: 512

Offaly

Incidence rate: 337.3

Cases in the last two weeks: 263

Meath

Incidence rate: 313.8

Cases in the last two weeks: 612

Laois

Incidence rate: 297.5

Cases in the last two weeks: 252

Cavan

Incidence rate: 290.1

Cases in the last two weeks: 221

Lockdown scenes on Ha Penny Bridge, Dublin (Stephen Collins/Collins Photos)

Mayo

Incidence rate: 287.3

Cases in the last two weeks: 375

Kildare

Incidence rate: 290.1

Cases in the last two weeks: 221

Limerick

Incidence rate: 274

Cases in the last two weeks: 534

Longford

Incidence rate: 244.7

Cases in the last two weeks: 100

Westmeath

Incidence rate: 224.2

Cases in the last two weeks: 199

Sligo

Incidence rate: 215.2

Cases in the last two weeks: 141

Cork

Incidence rate: 203.9

Cases in the last two weeks: 1,107

Wicklow

Incidence rate: 183.3

Cases in the last two weeks: 261

Tipperary

Incidence rate: 182.4

Cases in the last two weeks: 291

Leitrim

Incidence rate: 140.4

Cases in the last two weeks: 45

Clare

Incidence rate: 134.7

Cases in the last two weeks: 160

Roscommon

Incidence rate: 133.2

Cases in the last two weeks: 86

Kilkenny

Incidence rate: 132

Cases in the last two weeks: 131

Kerry

Incidence rate: 129.3

Cases in the last two weeks: 191

Donegal

Incidence rate: 233.1

Cases in the last two weeks: 371

Galway

Incidence rate: 303.8

Cases in the last two weeks: 784