Almost 10% of all Covid-19 deaths in Ireland occured in one week

A nearly empty Patrick Street earlier this week as many businesses remain shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Picture: Denis Minihane

Almost one-tenth of the deaths attributed to Covid-19 in Ireland since the outbreak of the pandemic occurred in the seven days ending Friday, January 15.

That stark statistic is contained in the CSO’s latest tally of deaths from the virus released this morning.