Sharp rise in school Covid outbreaks arrested

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After a sharp increase in the number of new outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools at the start of the month, there was a slowing of the rise in clusters last week as it was in line with the previous week.

New figures published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show there were 46 outbreaks in primary and secondary schools last week, the same number as the week before. The figures are up until midnight on Saturday, October 24.