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Huge Covid-related death toll reported in Irish nursing homes – dpa international
DUBLIN Almost half of Ireland’s coronavirus-related fatalities have been in nursing homes, the parliamentary health committee heard on Tuesday.
Health Department official Kathleen MacLellan told members of the Dáil, or parliament, that “1,543 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 in nursing homes, 369 of these in the past month.”
By Tuesday morning Ireland’s Department of Health had reported 3,317 “probable and possible” Covid-related deaths, one-third of which were recorded in January. Covid-19 is the respiratory disease sometimes caused by the novel coronavirus.
Of the almost 200,000 cases of the novel coronavirus reported since the first positive test almost one year ago, more than half were recorded last month, when Ireland was for a time recording the most cases per million of any country in Europe.
State missed window of opportunity to stem Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes
The 12-day gap between vaccines arriving Ireland and the first nursing home jab were a missed opportunity
A total of 1,543 staff and residents in care homes have lost their lives to Covid-19. That is almost half of the 3,418 death toll from the virus to date. Picture: PA
Wed, 03 Feb, 2021 - 07:51
Niamh Griffin, Health Correspondent
The State missed a 12-day “window of opportunity” to vaccinate vulnerable nursing home residents and staff, 369 of whom died from Covid-19 last month alone.
A total of 1,543 staff and residents in care homes have now lost their lives to the virus. That s almost half of the 3,418 death toll from Covid-19 to date.