The latest 14 day incidence of confirmed cases of Covid-19 published by the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) has Ireland on 17.8 cases for every 100,000 people here.
It means Ireland is now behind the UK which has an incidence rate of 18.3. The figures are based on the latest total of confirmed cases in Ireland of 26,801.
Ireland is ahead of Germany, which is at 14 cases per 100,000 people. Austria has the same incidence rate as Ireland. Greece is on 15.5, while Italy is at 7.9.
Within the EU/EEA and UK, the country with the highest incidence level is Luxembourg at 141 cases per 100,000 people. Spain is on 93.7 while Malta is at 61.6.