579 confirmed cases of Covid 19 have been recorded locally over the last 7 days.
New figures from the Health Protection and Surveillance centre show an increase of close to 200 new cases compared to the same time last month.
11,675 confirmed cases of the virus have been notified to the HSE over the last week according to the HSPC.
That's over a thousand cases more than figures from late June.
Westmeath is reporting some of the highest levels both locally and nationally, with 264 new cases bringing the incidence rate in the county to 297.
This week's figure is up 70 from last month, when 191 cases were registered with the health service.
Leitrim features the next highest rate locally, with an incidence rate of 274 resulting from 88 new cases across the last 7 days.
Local cases in the county are up over 30 when compared to June.
149 cases among the population in Roscommon has resulted in the HPSC recording an incidence rate of 230, while case numbers in the county have jumped by close to 30 in the last month.
Longford has recorded the second lowest rate of virus transmission nationwide this week, with just 78 new cases notified compared to 56 at the end of June.
The HPSC has recorded a incidence rate per 100,000 people of 190 in Longford, just above the lowest figure of Monaghan at 175.
