Covid-19: More than half cases occur in private homes in the last month

A sign outside Kingspan Breffni Park GAA ground in Co Cavan. Cases in over 80s now account for just 2% of Covid-19 cases, the CSO data found.
Picture: Brian Lawless

Private houses account for 54% of Covid-19 cases in the last four weeks, with people living in disadvantaged areas disproportionality impacted by the pandemic, according to official data.

Cork, Dublin, and Galway continue to be hotspots for outbreaks, the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures on the impact of Covid-19 found.