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A third of active Covid cases in those aged 19 and under

Demographic spread of outbreak outlined

More than a third of the Island's active Covid cases have been discovered in people aged 19 and under.

The director of public health says the virus has spread through household mixing, mixing at events and then in the Island's schools.

At the latest coronavirus media briefing Dr Henrietta Ewart also revealed that results from genomic sequencing show recent cases have a link to the Steam Packet cluster.

She highlighted the demographic spread of this outbreak:

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