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Longford still has second highest Covid incidence rate in country

Mar 3, 2021 08:28 By Shannonside News
Longford still has second highest Covid incidence rate in country
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Longford remains the county with the second highest Covid incidence rate in the country after a further ten cases were confirmed in the last 24

Longford remains the county with the second highest Covid incidence rate in the country after a further ten cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

New figures show 59% of all cases of the virus confirmed in the Shannonside region in the last two weeks have occurred in Longford.

A further 359 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed - the lowest daily figure since mid-December as well as 14 additional deaths.

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Locally, Longford's Covid incidence rate remains the second highest in the country, after ten further cases were confirmed, bringing its per 100,00 rate to 396 - just behind Offaly which records a rate of 401.

276 cases of the virus have been confirmed across Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon b in the last two weeks - of which 162 were in longford, representing almost 59% of all cases.

Roscommon has had 74 cases and Leitrim 40.

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Longford's five day moving average is 14, compared to seven in Roscommon and just one in Leitrim.

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