Covid-19 Ireland good news: Major signs lockdown is working as incidence rates plummet nationwide

Just seven counties currently have a Covid-19 incidence rate above the national average.

The country has seen its number of daily cases plummet in recent weeks, with just 270 recorded on Monday.

And from analysing the latest figures, only Donegal, Limerick, Meath, Cork, Westmeath Dublin and Mayo are above the national average, which now sits at 161.

On October 26, this figure was at 309.9, while it fell to 248 last week.

The large drop shows that Level Five restrictions have been working right across the board.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, pictured at a Covid -19 update press conference (Collins Agency, Dublin)

Donegal, which boasts the highest incidence rate in the country at 275.8, is down from 309.7 last Monday.

Only Limerick and Meath are also above the 200 mark.

Last week, Buncrana was the local area with the highest Covid-19 incidence rate of 594.7 per 100,000 people.

This was down slightly from 603.6 on October 26.

Of the new cases of Covid-19 reported in Ireland on Monday, there were 103 in Dublin, 34 in Limerick, 20 in Donegal, 12 in Cork, nine in Kerry, nine in Kilkenny, with the remaining 83 cases spread across 20 other counties.

Here's a breakdown of the incidence rate in every county in Ireland:

National - 161

Donegal - 275.8

Limerick - 213.4

Meath - 212.8

Cork - 182.4

Westmeath - 179.1

Dublin - 173.7

Mayo - 163.2

Louth - 159.1

Longford - 156.6

Cavan - 156.2

Laois - 155.8

Sligo - 155.6

Kerry - 155

Roscommon - 150.3

Carlow - 147.5

Monaghan - 140.1

Clare - 138.9

Waterford - 137.7

Kilkenny - 134

Galway - 125.9

Kildare - 122.2

Offaly - 118

Tipperary - 115.9

Wicklow - 82.9

Wexford - 74.8, and

Leitrim - 37.4.