There’s been a slight rise in the number of COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the Ennis region this week but the overall rate of the virus here remains low.
Around 50 new cases were diagnosed in this county in the two weeks up to this past Monday.
Localised figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show 22 new confirmed cases in the Ennis area in the fortnight up to Monday – almost half of all cases diagnosed in Clare in the same period.
It leaves its rate per 100,000 of the virus at 71.2 – while almost half the national average, it is a jump from this time last week when it stood at 42.1.
The prevalence of the disease continues to fall in the Shannon electoral area – 13 new cases there in the last two weeks see its figure now stand at 42.8, having been more than double that a month ago.
West Clare saw 9 cases in that 14 days with East Clare seeing 5 – the same numbers both saw last week – with Kilrush’s electoral rate now at 42.9 and Killaloe’s at 24.9.
Less than 5 cases were diagnosed in North Clare for the second week in a row, with a further breakdown not provided by the HPSC.
Clare’s incidence rate of the virus is now the fifth lowest in the country following the 5 new cases diagnosed in this county last night.
