The latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show that Ireland's 14-day incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people now stands at 31.1.
This day last week. 20 August, the 14-day incidence of cases stood at 25.4. The data from the ECDC shows the UK at a 14-day incidence per 100,000 people of 22.6, Italy at 17.9 and Germany at 20.7.
Spain continues to have the highest incidence rate across the EU/EEA and UK area with 191.9, while France is at 70.0. The ECDC says that up to today, 419,849 cases of the disease have been reported in Spain, with 328,846 in the UK.
There have been 262,540 cases confirmed in Italy, 253,587 in France and 237,936 in Germany. Ireland’s case number stands at 28,363.