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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Cormac O'Shea

Ireland lockdowns: Two counties see Covid-19 rates soar and sit on brink of level three

Monaghan and Roscommon are on the very brink of lockdown restrictions with their Covid rates hitting worrying heights.

The Government introduced new gathering restrictions on Thursday in a last ditch attempt to curve cases before more lockdowns.

Donegal and Dublin remain in level three while all other counties currently sit in level two.

Monaghan, with a rate of 166.2, and Roscommon, 120.8, are both now on the very cusp of restrictions.

Monaghan's rate is slightly higher than Dublin's even - although at the moment there is no immediate plan for further restrictions.

Here's a look at the lockdown rates for each county right now;

Covid incidence rates per county today

 

                                                   
Carlow35.1
Cavan67
Clare70.7
Cork88.4
Donegal218.6
Dublin162.9
Galway79.8
Kerry21
Kildare81.3
Kilkenny29.2
Laois43.7
Leitrim18.7
Limerick41.0
Longford97.9
Louth75.3
Mayo28.4
Meath63.6
Monaghan166.2
Offaly66.7
Roscommon120.8
Sligo32.0
Tipperary30.7
Waterford43.0
Westmeath54.1
Wexford32.7
Wicklow63.2

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Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has urged people to reduce their contacts and cut down on socialising in an effort to combat rising coronavirus cases.

Thursday saw another large jump in cases after 442 new infections were confirmed.

And worrying figures were emerging for Cork, Donegal, Meath, Galway and Monaghan, all of which had at least 20 cases diagnosed.

Speaking on the rising figures yesterday Dr Glynn announced no more than two households should meet at any one time across the country as alterations were made to restrictions.

NPHET also recommended that people should only have a maximum of six visitors from one other household to their home and that people can continue to meet socially in other settings, but only with people from one other household.

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