Single outbreak of Covid-19 among students led to more than 400 cases in over 200 households

Speaking at Thursday evening's Department of Health briefing on Covid-19, HSE West Public Health Director Dr Breda Smyth said of those 442 cases, 179 were linked to multiple household clusters, where there were multiple households involved. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

A single outbreak of Covid-19 among students in the west of the country led to 442 further cases in over 200 separate household outbreaks.

Speaking at Thursday evening's Department of Health briefing on Covid-19, HSE West Public Health Director Dr Breda Smyth said of those 442 cases, 179 were linked to multiple household clusters, where there were multiple households involved.