The Department of Health have announced a further one death from Coronavirus as well as eight new cases.
The one death recorded continues the trend of deaths in single figures, as does the eight cases, keeping that number under ten as it has been almost every day for the past number of weeks.
Meanwhile, the number of outbreaks of Coronavirus in private houses has more than trebled in the space of a week, new figures show.
According to the Irish Times, there were 240 clusters of the disease by Thursday lastin private houses, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), a number exceeded only by the 251 clusters recorded in nursing homes.
The increase has prompted the HPSC to resume counting outbreaks in private houses as a separate category.
A week earlier, it had recorded 266 outbreaks in “other” locations, which included private houses, community, pubs, hotels, shops, etc. By Thursday, there were 240 clusters in private houses and another 80 in the “other” category.
Public health officials warned last week the virus was moving into household settings, though the overall number of cases continues to drop.
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