Covid-19 Ireland: Worst hit towns in every county right now after spike in cases

Dublin and Donegal are now officially under a Level Three "local lockdown" after a spike in coronavirus cases.

However there are growing rates of the virus in many other areas outside those two counties.

Celbridge, for instance, has seen a staggering 14-day incidence per 100,000 population of 300.6.

Since this metric is one of they key ones used by NPHET and health experts to determine lockdowns, it is important to keep an eye on.

And now that the Department of Health has released details of the rates in each Local Electoral Area, we can now see the worst-hit regions in each county.

Here are the towns with the highest incidence rates in each:

Carlow

Worst hit area: Tullow (Incidence 53.6)

Cavan

Worst hit area: All areas have less than five cases.

Clare

Worst hit area: Ennis (Incidence: 84.1)

Cork

Worst hit area: Cork City South West (Incidence: 59.5)

Donegal

Worst hit area: Lifford-Stranorlar (Incidence: 336.1)

Dublin

Worst hit area: Ballymun-Finglas (Incidence: 265.4)

Galway

Worst hit area: Loughrea (Incidence: 86.1)

Kerry

Worst hit area: Tralee (Incidence: 47.9)

Kildare

Worst hit area: Celbridge (Incidence: 300.6)

Kilkenny

Worst hit area: Piltown (Incidence: 56.2)

Laois

Worst hit area: Portlaoise (Incidence: 78.6)

Leitrim

Worst hit area: Ballinamore (Incidence: 50.7)

Limerick

Worst hit area: Newcastle West (Incidence: 80.2)

Longford

Worst hit area: Longford town (Incidence: 43.6)

Louth

Worst hit area: Dundalk-Carlingford (Incidence: 179.7)

Mayo

Worst hit area: Belmullet (Incidence: 47.6)

Meath

Worst hit area: Ashbourne (Incidence: 61.9)

Monaghan

Worst hit area: Monaghan (Incidence: 61.7)

Offaly

Worst hit area: Tullamore (Incidence: 54.9)

Roscommon

Worst hit area: Boyle (Incidence: 87)

Sligo

Worst hit area: Sligo-Strandhill (Incidence: 28.4)

Tipperary

Worst hit area: Nenagh (Incidence: 23.4)

Waterford

Worst hit area: Tramore-Waterford city east (Incidence: 134.1)

Westmeath

Worst hit area: Kinnegad (Incidence: 69.2)

Wexford

Worst hit area: Kilmuckridge (Incidence: 65.8)

Wicklow

Worst hit area: Bray West (Incidence: 206.5)