Kerry has the lowest rate in the country of positive COVID-19 cases in primary schools.
That’s according to a survey of principals by the Irish National Teachers Organisation, which covered November 1st to 16th.
Seventy-three (73) pupils in Kerry or 0.1% of all primary going children in the county tested positive for COVID-19 in their schools during that period.
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The highest rate was in Waterford, with 175 pupils or a rate of 4%.
Principals in 877 of the country’s 3,100 primary schools responded to the INTO survey.