There have been 649 outbreaks of Covid-19 in the week leading up to last Saturday.
The majority of the clusters identified were in private homes.
461 outbreaks or clusters of covid-19 occurred in private homes in the seven days leading up to last Saturday the 17th of October.
Schools
The second most common place an outbreak was identified was schools-with 46 recorded as part of the latest HSPC data.
18 outbreaks occurred in a workplace, while 5 were connected to nursing homes and 8 within a residential institution.
7 childcare facilities experienced an outbreak and a further 8 originated in pubs.
Meat Plants
In the same week three outbreaks happened in meat processing plants, and four related to construction sites.
There were 19 new outbreaks among the vulnerable populations, 17 of which were in the Irish traveller community where there was 258 cases notified during the week in question.
