Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
There has been a drop in the infection rates in all seven of Donegal’s local electoral areas
Covid-19 infection rates have fallen across all areas in Donegal in the last week, Department of Health figures show.
The latest 14-day incidence rates published on the Department of Health's Covid-19 data hub show a drop in all seven of Donegal’s local electoral areas between January 26 and February 8.
The Lifford-Stranorlar local electoral area (LEA) has the highest infection rate in Donegal. The area has a 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 people of 567.8 after recording 147 news cases. The rate has dropped from 714.6 in seven days. Lifford-Stranorlar is the only LEA in the county with a rate above the national rate of 319 and has the eighth-highest rate in the county.
The Donegal LEA, which covers the south of the county, has the second-highest rate in the county.
The rate there has dropped to 317.1 from 437.9 with 84 new cases.
The rate in the Milford area has dropped to 290 from 522.8 with 40 new cases.
In Letterkenny, the rate is now 251.8 after 75 confirmed cases. The infection rate there has dropped from 392.7.
The Glenties area, which covers west Donegal, has a rate of 238.3. Its rate fell from 380.5 after recording 57 new cases.
Inishowen still has the lowest rates in Donegal. The Buncrana LEA, which covers south Inishowen, has a rate of 183.3 after recording 41 confirmed cases. The rate there has dropped from 286.1.
The Carndonagh LEA, which covers north Inishowen, still has the lowest rate in Donegal. Its rate has dropped to176.8 from 218.1 with 30 new cases.
The Blanchardstown and Mulhuddart area of Dublin has the highest rate in the country at 756.2.
Caithorleach of Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District, Ciaran Brogan, cutting the ribbon at the event
The ESB is working to remove a pole at the bottom of Convent Road
R. Mc Cullagh on Letterkenny Main Street
Scoil Mhuire Glenties National School were among those who gave their support to the school secretaries and caretakers last week
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
