1,000 patients transferred to Covid-19 nursing homes in first three months of pandemic

The HSE confirmed that 984 patients were transferred to 197 nursing home facilities with confirmed outbreaks while 783 patients were transferred to 231 facilities with no Covid-19.  Picture: PA

Almost 1,000 patients were transferred from hospitals to almost public and private nursing homes with outbreaks of Covid-19, the HSE has confirmed.

The health service has told the Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 that 1,767 patients were transferred from acute hospitals to 428 public and private nursing homes between March and May this year - more than half of whom were transferred to facilities with Covid-19 outbreaks.