There are 40 clusters of Covid-19 infection in Irish nursing homes

Members of the media at the daily Department of Health press conference. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie Members of the media at the daily Department of Health press conference. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie THERE WERE 171 clusters of Covid-19 detected in Ireland before midnight on 1 April, with 40 of them in nursing homes according to the latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre .

Accoriding to the HPSC, people in the east of the country have been more likely to become infected with coronavirus so far with an incidence rate of 154.2 per 100,000 population.In terms of cases admitted to intensive care as of midnight Wednesday, 47.9% of them were aged between 45 and 64. A further 39.9% were aged 65 and over.

The surge of confirmed cases seen in nursing homes so far is expected to hit hospitals in the coming weeks, the president of the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland yesterday.

How do they know, they still have not told people who were tested a week ago if they are positive or not.

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