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Today, Saturday 19 September, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD announced that a new data set has gone live on the COVID-19 Data Hub, with case information now available at a Local Electoral Area level across Ireland. 

Minister Donnelly said:

I understand that people really want to know more detailed information about this virus, how it is affecting their communities, and those around the country as a whole. The COVID-19 Data Hub now offers regularly updated Local Electoral Area data in order to fulfil this very real desire that is out there for transparency around this virus and its impact. Transparency is a key cornerstone of Ireland’s response to this pandemic. At this crucial time, it matters more than ever.

He added:

I am proud to announce that this has been done through collaborative hard work and effort between my Department, the Ordnance Survey Ireland, the All-Island Research Observatory, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the Health Service Executive, and the Central Statistics Office.

He concluded:

I would like to commend the tireless commitment of those behind the scenes working on bringing timely, localised information to the general public at this critical time for public health surveillance. Thanks to them, compared to other countries, Ireland ranks highly in terms of the level of localised data on offer to the public.

VISIT: https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/