CSO data shows a spike in deaths during first wave of pandemic 

There was an increased number of deaths in April according to new CSO data, which may indicate that there were more deaths in Ireland overall as a result of Covid, especially during the first wave of the pandemic when the virus ravaged nursing homes.

There was a spike in the number of deaths in Ireland during the first wave of the pandemic, official figures from the Central Statistics Office have revealed. 

A CSO analysis of death notices website, Rip.ie, has found the number of death notices rose from 2,861 in March to 3,502 in April.