Kildare's Covid 19 Incidence Rate Now Stands At 252 Cases Per 100,000 People.

Thursday, 22 July 2021 10:36

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

That's for the 2 weeks to July 20th.

Kildare's 14 day Covid 19 incidence rate has risen by almost 10 points

The rate, for the two weeks to Monday, July 19th was 243 cases per 100,000 people.

Latest data, for the 14 days to midnight on Tuesday, shows the rate in the county has risen to 252.6

562 people in Kildare were diagnosed with Covid 19 in that period.

352 of those diagnoses took place in the week to Tuesday.

Kildare's 5 day moving average of cases, between July 6th and 20th is 55.

The state's 14 day incidence rate in that period is 260.5 cases per 100,000 people.

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