A quarter of Covid-19 outbreaks originate in private homes

According to the CSO figures, Dublin, Kildare, and Tipperary made up 71% of all cases linked to an outbreak for the week ended August 21.  File picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Over one-in-four Covid-19 outbreaks are associated with private houses, while the number of close contacts people have is steadily rising, new CSO figures show.

The number of weekly confirmed cases has been more than 600 cases in each of the last three weeks.