Nursing home residents make up more than half of Ireland’s Covid-19 toll

Dr Tony Holohan said it was a high rate of infection compared to the wider community.

More than half the victims of Covid-19 in Ireland were nursing home residents, the chief medical officer has said.

Of the 288 people who have died so far in the outbreak, 156 had been living in nursing homes prior to their deaths (54%), Dr Tony Holohan said.