Over 30 residents die in Cork/Kerry nursing homes in two weeks

Some of the residents who died are believed to have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and were due to receive their booster shot

Eight residents of the Bon Secours Care Village, Mount Desert, Lee Road, Cork died between January 21 and January 26. Picture: Larry Cummins.

More than 30 residents of four Cork nursing homes and a community hospital in Kerry have died in just two weeks following Covid-19 outbreaks. 

At West Kerry Community Hospital in Dingle, at least eight residents have died.