30 new Covid-19 outbreaks were identified at schools over the past week – while there are 125 open clusters in the settings.
Households are still the largest spreader of the virus according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre with over 3,000 open clusters.
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It comes as 444 new infections were reported in the Republic yesterday including 11 in Tipperary.
The estimated national 14-day incidence rate fell again to 212 while Tipperary’s remains at 130.
208 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Premier County in the 14 days to midnight on November 3rd.
The reproductive number of the disease is believed to be between 0.7 and 0.9.