Of the newly reported deaths from the disease, 45 occurred in February, five in January and four are still being investigated. A further 1,006 confirmed cases of the disease were notified to Nphet, bringing the total known number of cases of the coronavirus disease in the State to 205,939. This amounts to 36 per cent of the country’s 580 nursing homes. There were an additional 473 cases linked to these outbreaks - down from 579 new cases in nursing home outbreaks the previous week. Adding community hospitals and long-stay resident units to nursing homes, there are now 203 open outbreaks of the disease.

Source: The Irish Times February 10, 2021 17:43 UTC