Covid-19 in Tipp: Infection rates drop with lowest fortnightly figures in Cahir

Photo © HSE. Moyle Rovers drive-through Coronavirus testing centre.

Six of Tipperary’s eight Local Electoral Areas (LEA) recorded fewer than 50 new Covid-19 cases over the last fortnight.

Case numbers continue to drop in line with national trends, with Cahir seeing the lowest infection rate in the county at 115 cases per 100,000 people after 17 new cases in the fortnight up until Monday midnight.

The Nenagh Local Electoral Area continues to have the highest infection rate in Tipperary with 72 new cases and a 14-day rate of 332 cases per 100,000 people.


Tipperary LEA figures:

Nenagh: 72 (new cases) / 332 (cases per 100,000 people)
Newport: 46 / 281
Cashel-Tipperary: 70 / 256
Clonmel: 44 / 181
Carrick-on-Suir: 32 / 165
Thurles: 30 / 155
Roscrea-Templemore: 22 / 133
Cahir: 17 / 115