More than 70 gardai in the north west are now off work due to illness or exposure to Covid-19.
Donegal is among the worst hit divisions in the country with 49 gardai isolating or cocooning, with 19 members infected by the virus.
Sligo/Leitrim has 23 members of the force infected and 31 self-isolating.
Only three other areas in the country were affected worse; they were Cavan/Monaghan, Dublin North Central and Tipperary.
A new survey by the Garda Representative Association shows over 1,000 officers throughout the country are currently unable to work because of the virus.
Frank Thornton, President of the GRA, says they need to be vaccinated due to their work with the public:
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