Covid cases high across two Tipperary electoral areas

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The Cashel-Tipperary and Nenagh Local Electoral Areas have both recorded more than 100 new Covid-19 cases in the last fortnight.

Figures for the 14 days up until Monday show there were 160 cases in Cashel-Tipperary, giving it the county’s highest incidence rate at 584 cases per 100,000 people.

The Nenagh area is just below the national average in that time with 103 new cases and a 14-day rate of 482.

By comparison, there were 39 cases in the Clonmel area in the fortnight, and 30 in Roscrea-Templemore.

Full details below;

Cashel-Tipperary: 160 (new cases) / 584 (cases per 100,000 people)
Nenagh: 103 / 482
Newport: 63 / 385
Thurles: 69 / 356
Carrick-on-Suir: 58 / 298
Cahir: 42 / 285
Roscrea-Templemore: 30 / 181
Clonmel: 39 / 160

National Average – 493 cases per 100,000 people.