Covid in schools758 new infections between 30 November and 6 December

As a reminder, there are four scenarios for the cause and spread of infection.

• Scenario 1 - children and young people being infected outside school without the spread of the virus at school
• Scenario 2 - covers a maximum of 2 positive cases in a class with a source of uncertain or likely infection outside the class
• Scenario 3 - covers the chain of infections with several cases linked by an intra-school infection
• Scenario 4 - several classes affected and/or class has more than five infections

A total of 758 infections were reported in schools between 30 November and 6 December. The vast majority were of one isolated case per class, with 641 in all.

83 infections fell under scenario 2, meaning a maximum of 2 cases in a class.

There were 20 infections under scenario 3, with 3 to 5 cases in a class.

Finally, there were two infection chains in two primary school classes. Both of these started with the reported infection of a teacher. The subsequent tests found 7 further infections among students in each case.

Students from quatrième upwards have been on alternate weekly homeschooling since 30 November.