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Source of transmission known in over 90 percent of cases - Glynn

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The acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has confirmed that over 90 percent of new Covid-19 cases in Ireland have had their source of transmission identified, describing it as "positive".

Only four of the 53 latest infections were classed as community transmission, with 45 being associated with outbreaks or close contacts of a confirmed case.

Four out of five new cases were in people under 45 years of age. Twenty-five were in Dublin, 19 in Laois and six in Kildare - counties which have seen clusters linked to a dog food factory in Naas and direct provision centres.

The remaining three infections were spread across two other counties. Although no Covid-19 related deaths have been reported for three days in a row, the average number of

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