There has been a steady increase in the number of people meeting others outside their household, the latest Social Activity Measure survey by the ESRI suggests.
SAM is a behavioural study that records the public response to the risk of Covid-19 infection, interviewing 1,000 respondents every two weeks.
People met significantly more people from outside their household in late March compared with late February, according to its findings published today.
The increase appears to be driven by a minority - 12% of people had met more than seven others in the past 48 hours in late March, compared to 8% in late February.