Student gathering led to 61 cases and infected a wedding 

One community outbreak of 38 cases 'occurred as a result of transmission among student population through a variety of social contact settings'.

The Department of Public Health has expressed concern over increases in Covid-19 transmission in the Mid-West, linked to social gatherings involving the student population.

Public Health Mid-West appealed for this behaviour to stop, as the country reaches “a critical period of the Covid-19 pandemic”.