Over 800 people test positive for Covid-19 at walk-in centres

Community swabber Louise Dillon carrying out a Covid test at the first no appointment rural walk in/ drive in testing center for Covid-19 at the Randal Og GAA Club, Dunmanway, West Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

More than 800 people have tested positive for Covid-19 at the HSE's ‘walk-in, no appointment necessary’ testing centres.

As of Wednesday, over 30,000 people have availed of testing in the HSE's pop-up testing centres with a positivity rate of 2.78%.