Concern over rising Covid cases in Tipperary
Tipperary has been among the list for the highest counties for confirmed Covid-19 cases over the past week or so.
Such has been the growing rate of confirmed cases of people with the coronavirus that it gave rise to fears at one stage that the premier county could join the list of counties on lockdown, but these concerns now appear to have eased.
On Tuesday of last week Tipperary had the third highest number of cases in the country (38), just behind the far more populated counties of locked down Kildare (48) and Dublin (46).
On the same day the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, noting a total of 190 new cases in the Republic, warned that Ireland was on a tipping point. "Ireland’s rate of growth in new cases over the last two weeks is the fourth highest in Europe," he warned. On Wednesday last week a total of 54 new cases were confirmed. Tipperary, with five, again recorded the third highest number of any county behind Dublin (19) and Kildare (8) with the rest of the cases spread across 13 counties.
On Thursday last the lockdown that had been been imposed on Laois, Offaly and Kildare was lifted in the two former counties. On the same day a further 136 cases were reported in the Republic. Tipperary accounted for 11 of these cases, the fourth highest county behind Dublin (51), Kildare (24) and Kilkenny (12).
Of the 79 cases confirmed on Friday last, Tipperary had six cases, coming in joint third highest county behind Dublin (43) and Kildare (9).
On Saturday last 156 cases were confirmed and again Tipperary (12) was third highest county behind Dublin (55) and Kildare (36).
Then on Sunday 61 more cases were confirmed in the Republic, spread across 11 counties, but there was good news for Tipperary where no cases were reported.
Then on Sunday 61 more cases were confirmed in the Republic, spread across 11 counties, but there was good news for Tipperary where no cases were reported.
On Monday of this week a total of 147 confirmed cases were reported, but Tipperary did not figure in the high-ranking counties where rates were most common.
The high profile outbreaks in Tipperary over the past week or so have been recorded the south of the county - in Walsh Mushrooms in Golden and the AIBP meat plant in Cahir.