Public health concerns over household clusters grow as Covid cases in Limerick top 10,000

Public health doctors have expressed alarm at a concerning pattern of infection where a single case can lead to multiple clusters and entire household outbreaks 

University Hospital Limerick was hard hit by the third wave of the coronavirus. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Health officials in the mid-west are extremely worried about the level of household clusters of Covid-19 in the region which have seen cases soar since the start of the year.

Over the course of the pandemic there have been 16,688 cases recorded in the mid-west  - 10,034 in Limerick, 4,442 in Clare, and 2,212 in North Tipperary. But the HSE has pointed out that the majority of the infections were recorded in January and February this year.