THERE have been 53 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Donegal today.
The latest figures released this evening show 506 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed nationwide.
Some 53 of those are in Donegal, where the 14-day incidence rate is the highest in the country at 312.2.
One more Covid-19 related death has also been notified to the Department of Health.
There have now been 508 Covid-19 infections in the past two weeks in Donegal and a total of 1,299 since March.
Of the cases notified to the HPSC today:
- 240 are men / 265 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- 39% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 59 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 91 in Dublin, 76 in Cork, 53 in Donegal, 42 in Meath and the remaining 244 cases are located across 21 counties
