Covid-19 rebounds in Portlaoise area since cyber attack according to official figures
Local Area infection rates published for the first time since May cyber attack on HSE
Darker areas shows parts of counties with higher incidences
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New official figures show Covid-19 has rebounded in the Portlaoise area while the part of Laois that stretches from Mountmellick to Borris-in-Osssory has an almost a zero incidence.
Ireland s health authorities have again started to publish local area statistics for the virus after the cyber attack forced a suspension of the weekly practice in the middle of May.
The last Local Electoral Area (LEA) breakdown was published on May 13 on the Covid-19 Ireland data hub. It covered the 14 days from April 27 to May 10.
The border county of Cavan has had the starkest death toll from Covid-19 since the pandemic began – with an overall death rate well above the national average.