More than 60,000 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the Republic over the past two weeks – more cases than in the first eight months of the pandemic here.
The estimated national 14-day incidence rate of the virus is now at 1,291 cases per 100,000 people.
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Another 239 cases were recorded in Tipperary yesterday bringing the 14 day incidence rate here to 775.3 per 100,000.
On New Year’s Day the 14-day incidence rate in Tipp was 138.5 which at the time was the lowest in the country.