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Significant drop in local Covid cases in Shannonside region last month

Mar 2, 2022 08:29 By Shannonside News
Significant drop in local Covid cases in Shannonside region last month
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The figures for January and February show a marked decline in Covid cases.

Covid-19 levels across the Shannonside Region have seen a significant drop compared to this time last month.

New figures from the Health Protection and Surveillance Centre show that positive cases of the virus have dropped by at least 75 percent in Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon over the last month.

The latest weekly report from the HPSC shows the Shannonside region in the bottom half of the table when it comes to covid levels by county.

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Roscommon has seen the highest drop locally, with levels down 80 per cent when comparing the end of February with the end of January.

370 positive cases of the virus were recorded in Roscommon last week, compared to 1,863 in the same period the month previous.

That's closely followed by both Leitrim and Longford, who've seen a decrease of 75 per cent in positive tests.

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955 cases of the virus were registered in Longford in the last week of January compared to 250 last week.

While in Leitrim, 177 people tested positive last week compared to 701 in January.

Nationally, Louth and Monaghan have the highest levels of the virus nationwide.

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