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Waterford's Covid rate lowest in the country

Waterford's Covid rate lowest in the country

Waterford has the lowest 14-day incidence of covid-19 in the country.

A daily breakdown of cases per county is once again available following a hiatus due to the cyber attack on the HSE last May.

The data shows that while there were 44 cases in the county to midnight on Monday, the five-day moving average is 25.

There were 320 cases in the two weeks to Tuesday to give an incidence rate of 275 per 100 thousand population.

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Well below the national average of 457.

The worst affected areas remain in the border counties of Monaghan and Donegal.

There have been 7,464 cases of Covid-19 in total in Waterford since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, at University Hospital Waterford there were 8 patients with the virus on site on Wednesday at 8pm, an increase of one on the previous 24 hours. No patient is in ICU.

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