FILE PHOTO: An empty city centre shopping street is seen after the government imposed the highest level of restrictions amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Galway, Ireland, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The underlying level of COVID-19 disease in Ireland is now higher than during the first wave in April and May after authorities reported another daily record of 6,110 cases on Monday, a senior health official said.
Ireland's 14-day COVID-19 incidence rate per 100,000 people has risen almost five-fold to 583 in the last two weeks but modelling chief Philip Nolan said the true underlying rate, owing to a backlog of positive tests, is 700-800. The underlying 14-day rate per 100,000 people at the April peak was around 600.
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