Since February 28, no more than 10 cases have been recorded in the space of a week in the Wild Rose county. Between March 21 and April 2, Leitrim went seven days with no cases and recorded fewer than five on all the others. There have been fewer than 800 cases in total there since the pandemic began, according to data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. The Government has rejected calls for lockdowns to be applied at local levels and for counties with low case numbers to have restrictions lifted, but Dr Bourke disagrees. Dublin Eye Enter email address Sign Up “We should get some remission. I think they should have let the sports clubs open a bit earlier, as the fresh air will do everyone good. I do think they should lift parts of the restrictions for places like Leitrim. We’re suffering at the hands of other counties at the moment.”