Only Donegal had a higher rate.
Offaly was one of the counties worst hit by Covid-19 in the final week of last year.
The Health Protection Survelliance Centre says the county had an incident rate per 100 thousand of 36.1, the second highest in the country.
Only Donegal had a higher rate.
There were 30 cases of the virus recorded in Offaly in the last week of the year, which amounts to five percent of the country's total.
Westmeath represents 2.6 percent of Ireland's total cases, with 16 during that period, while 15 in Laois amounts to 2.5 percent.
There were 611 cases around the country in the final week of last year.
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