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New Covid-19 cluster confirmed in Mid-West

Date:

17th April 2020

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News Coronavirus Health

One further cluster of Covid-19 cases has been noted at a nursing home in the midwest.

Health Protection Surveillance Centre stats, which are latest as of Tuesday night, show there are now 5 clusters at nursing homes in north Tipperary, Limerick and Clare.

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There are also two clusters in residential institutions in the region, and one in a hospital.

The southeast region, which takes in south Tipperary, has two clusters in nursing homes, two in hospitals, and one in a residential institution.

New Covid-19 cluster confirmed in Mid-West

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