Clare last night saw its lowest number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since December 22nd.
It’s understood just four new cases were confirmed here in the last 24 hours.
Last night was the first time in over seven weeks that Clare recorded last than five cases of COVID-19 in a single day.
While the exact figure was not disclosed by NPHET, Clare FM understands there were four cases diagnosed throughout the county yesterday.
It means the county’s incidence rate now stands at 150.7 per 100,000 people – the fifth lowest in the country and the second lowest in Munster.
Clare’s five day moving average of cases – seen by the National Public Health Emergency team as a clearer indicator of disease trends – stands at 10 and continues to fall.
There have been 179 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in this county in the past fortnight – compared to 599 in the two weeks prior.
The Taoiseach has suggested Ireland will remain in a prolonged period of Covid-19 restrictions.
Speaking at a meeting of his parliamentary party last night, Micheál Martin said the priority is to get the virus numbers down to a very low level.
He said almost 1 in 4 close contacts are now testing positive since testing recently resumed, and the UK variant’s causing numbers to remain stubbornly high.
A further 54 deaths and 1,006 new cases were confirmed across the country yesterday.
Consultant in Infectious Diseases at St James’ Hospital in Dublin, Cliona Ní Cheallaigh says the goal of 200 cases a day by the end of the month isn’t realistic.
