The local electoral areas with the highest rates of Covid-19 in the country this Christmas include Dublin's Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Portlaw-Kilmacthomas in Co Waterford, Maynooth in Co Kildare followed by Dublin’s Rush-Lusk and Lucan.
Areas with the lowest number of cases nationally were Granard in Longford and Wexford’s New Ross and Kilmuckridge local electoral areas.
While the national average of cases per 100,000 population was 1,344 cases between 7 December and 20 December, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart incidence rate was 2,087 as 737 cases were confirmed in the same time period.
This was closely followed by Waterford’s Portlaw-Kilmacthoma which saw 357 cases of Covid-19, giving an incidence rate of 2,085 per 100,000 of population.