New figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show that in the two weeks up to last Monday, 111 patients contracted Covid-19 in a healthcare setting.

It represents just 0.5% of all cases during the period. Eighty health staff also contracted the virus in a healthcare setting, representing just 0.3% of all cases in the period.

The number of close contacts of a confirmed case who tested positive was 11,179, representing over 47% of all cases during the two weeks.

In all, 956 cases of Covid-19 were travel related, representing 4.1% of all cases during the period. As of this morning, there were 249 patients in hospitals with Covid-19, an increase of one from yesterday.

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