Almost half of residents at Cork nursing home died of Covid

Residents at Ballynoe Nursing Home started testing positive for the deadly virus from the middle of January in what is being described as a “significant” Covid outbreak. File Picture.

Up to 25 residents at a nursing home in Cork have died since the start of a “significant” Covid outbreak there.

Residents at Ballynoe Nursing Home started testing positive for the virus from the middle of January and the majority of those who died did so during the past two weeks.