#STAYHOME Better day for Laois on Covid-19 front but virus is as deadly as ever with more than 50 more deaths around Ireland
Reporter:
Modest slowing of virus spread with more than 2,300
A modest increase in new Covid-19 cases in Laois has contributed to a decrease in the incidence of the disease in the county but it has been another deadly pandemic day with more than 50 more deaths while in excess of 2,300 people have tested positive.
The figures are contained in the National Public Health Emergency Team Daily update issued on Friday, January 22.
It shows that there have now been 17 new cases in Laois, one of the lowest daily increases of the third wave in the county. The extra cases mean the incidence is now 763.9 per 100,00 population on the back of 647 new cases in the past 14 days.