a primary school, seven from a special education school, one from a post-primary and one more from a “non specified” educational setting.
Five came from the HSE Mid West area, three from the North West, two from both the South and Midlands, with one each from the East, West and North East.
Meanwhile, there were 10 outbreaks at childcare facilities last week.
Outbreak Patterns
Last week’s figure is still down significantly on the end of last month.
Data recorded on the week ending September 25 saw 49 new outbreaks with 304 confirmed cases linked.
That fell sharply at the beginning of October, coinciding with the cutting of contact tracing from schools.
Last week’s school-based case number is likely to include some of the 34 confirmed at a school in County Wexford, which closed to in-person teaching but re-opened yesterday.
Elsewhere, 34 breakouts were recorded in workplace settings, with 120 confirmed cases.
Last week also saw 10 outbreaks in disability centres.
Meanwhile, there were 10 outbreaks at childcare facilities last week.
In total last week, 199 outbreaks or clusters were recorded across the country.
