A Carrick-on-Shannon GP says there doesn't appear to be any one reason for a significant spike in Covid cases in Leitrim over the past couple of weeks.
Dr Jonathan Egan was commenting as the latest figures show Leitrim has the highest 7-day and 14-day incidence rate of the disease in the entire country presently.
The number of confirmed cases in the county in the 7 days leading up to midnight on Monday of this week are 270.
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Dr Jonathan Egan of Carrick Medical Centre says the cases are appearing across a wide age range and the Carrick-on-Shannon local electoral area also has a high rate:
