Almost 3,300 Covid-19 cases in nursing homes in past month

The past month has seen almost 3,300 Covid-19 cases linked to an outbreak in nursing homes, almost 900 linked to residential institutions, and more than 1,000 linked to hospital and long-stay units. File picture: PA

The past month has seen almost 3,300 Covid-19 cases linked to an outbreak in nursing homes, almost 900 linked to residential institutions, and more than 1,000 linked to hospital and long-stay units, official data has suggested.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) analysis of Covid-19 patterns on cases and deaths coincided with the release of its findings on air and sea travel that showed 164,400 passenger arrivals into Ireland in December.