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Covid rate in north Roscommon remains high

Nov 6, 2020 08:48 By Shannonside News
Covid rate in north Roscommon remains high
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North Roscommon remains the area with the highest incidence rate of Covid in the Shannonside region. New Covid hub figures show that the Boyle Local

North Roscommon remains the area with the highest incidence rate of Covid in the Shannonside region.

New Covid hub figures show that the Boyle Local Electoral area is now the only region with a higher incidence rate than the national average.

According to the figures, 71 new Covid cases were recorded in the Boyle LEA between the 20th of October and the 2nd of November - resulting in a rate of 325.

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The national rate for the two week period was 228.0.

In the Roscommon LEA, 38 cases were reported in the same two-week period and 37 cases in Athlone LEA.

Leitrim's low case numbers are reflected in just nine cases in the Ballinamore LEA and five in the Carrick-on-Shannon electoral area.

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A total of sixty-seven cases were recorded in County Longford in the two-week period - 27 each in Longford and Ballymahon LEAs and 13 in a previous hotspot of the Granard LEA.

Buncrana in Donegal is the local electoral area with the highest Covid-19 14-day incidence rate in the country.

It's followed by Ballyjamesduff in Cavan, where the rate is a third of what it was during its peak a number of weeks ago.

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