From high levels of socialisation to booster jabs, here are five things we learned from today's NPHET briefing. 1,000 cases per 100,000 in many counties Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said there has been an acceleration in incidence of the virus and last week was the third highest case count since the pandemic started, with almost 25,000 cases reported in a single week.
Previous to that, weeks one and two of last January were the highest, he said. Dr Glynn said there is a deterioration in incidence across the country - but counties Leitrim, Waterford, Laois, Louth, Donegal, Carlow, Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Cork and Kerry all have 14-day incidence of more than 1,000 per 100,000 people.