One in every 33 people who has entered mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland since the international travel rule began has tested positive for Covid-19.
Department of Health figures obtained by RTÉ News show that in the first five weeks of the system, a total of 1,755 people have been asked to quarantine in a designated hotel for 12 days.
Of these, 54 have tested positive for Covid-19, including five people who have tested positive for a "variant of concern". The figures mean that, on average, one in every 33 people who has entered mandatory hotel quarantine has had the virus, and one in 300 have had a variant of concern.