9 Apr 2021
Figures from Ireland’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) have revealed that just 0.1 per cent of the country’s total Wuhan coronavirus cases were linked to outdoor transmission.
The data claims that of the total 232,164 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus recorded in the Republic of Ireland by March 24th, just 262 were linked to transmission of the virus in an outdoor setting, or just 0.1 per cent of the total number of infections. In all, one-in-a-thousand cases of Coronavirus can be attributed to transmission out of doors.
According to a report from
The Irish Times, which acquired the data after a formal request, there were 42 outbreaks linked to outdoor gatherings, with one outbreak resulting in seven cases. Construction site activity was linked to 21 outbreaks with 124 cases, and outdoor sports and fitness was linked to 20 outbreaks where there were 131 cases.
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