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The first reported case of COVID-19 in Ireland was announced exactly one year ago today. Since then there have been 331,337 cases reported in the island. Here’s what the last 12 months look like – watch out for how quickly things change in January.

NI Census: Released within last few minutes: Q. What religion were you brought up in? ➡️45.7% Catholic ➡️43.5% Protestant/Other Christian ➡️10.8% Other (Inc None)

The rise of the centre ground…

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Galway / Belfast / Cork / Dublin After removing all of the buildings, street names, terrain etc., you’re left with something very simple.

Belmullet (Co. Mayo) makes the lowest 25 list, however just to the south, Westport makes it into the top 25.

The highest rates are still in the North - only 4 areas in the top 25 are not in NI.

COVID rates in Local Areas. The rate has: ➡️Increased in 169 areas ➡️No change in 6 area ➡️Lower in 71 areas

The lowest rates are still clustered around the south.

Donegal/Derry & Belfast still topping the list.

COVID rates in Local Areas. The rate has: ➡️Increased in 234 areas ➡️No change in 1 area ➡️Lower in 11 areas

Generally speaking, the further south you go, the lower the rates are.

A few main hotspots: Donegal/Derry and Belfast – and also South Down.

COVID Rates in Local Areas - quite a clear north/south split. Change since last week’s rates: ➡️Increased in 228 areas ➡️No change in 3 areas ➡️Lower in 15 areas

This is how all the Junes since 1880 stack up. This is Northern Hemisphere temperature anomaly compared to the long term average 1951-1980.

Some of the lowest rates are around Cork, Kerry, Tipperary.

The highest areas are generally in the North, around Derry/Donegal and southern parts of Co Down.

COVID-19 rates have: ➡️Risen in 176 areas ➡️Stayed the same in 15 areas ➡️Fallen in 55 areas