Cases of Lyme disease soar in Cork/Kerry region

There has been a ten-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease in the Cork/Kerry region alone, amid concerns the extent of the disease nationally is being hugely underestimated.

The HSE has disclosed the number of patient samples being positive after first-stage testing for disease in Cork/Kerry rose from 44, in 2007, to 425, in 2018.