According to the ECDC, Ireland recorded a 14-day infection rate of 496.57 cases per 100,000 people for weeks 32 and 33 of 2021 - last week and this week. This trails only Cyprus, who have an infection rate of 602.59 per 100,000 for the same period. Ireland recorded 18 Covid-19 deaths in the past week, the most in any week since mid-June, while hospitalisations are hovering around the 330 mark for the past few weeks. Carndonagh in Donegal has recorded an incidence of 2,694 new cases per 100,000 of population in the past 14 days. This equates to one in 37 people having tested positive for the virus there in the past fortnight.

Source: Irish Independent August 29, 2021 10:30 UTC