Rate of Covid-19 in Donegal continues to rise

The incidence rate of Covid-19 has increased in every county over the past week.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn says there have been 7,700 cases in the past seven days – up 88 per cent on the previous week.

Donegal has the highest 14-day incidence rate at 725 per 100,000 of the population.

1,110 cases were confirmed yesterday – and Dr David Nabarro, from the World Health Organisation, says the situation’s worrying:

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