🇮🇪 Covid-19 outbreaks Nursing Homes 57 open (18 new) 10 Oct 63 (16) 3 Oct 55 (21) 27 Sep 57 (14) 20 Sep 61 (11) 13 Sep 62 (17) 6 Sep 64 (19) 30 Aug 62 (18) 23 Aug 46 (10) 16 Aug 44 (15) 9 Aug 29 (10) 2 Aug 23 (6) 25 Jul 21 (3) 18 Jul 19 (3) 11 Jul 22 (0) 5 Jul 23 (4) 28 Jun -source HPSC

🇮🇪Covid-19 outbreaks Nursing Homes *LAST YEAR, 2022* 48 (21) 12 Oct 31 (19) 5 Oct 31 (12) 28 Sep 26 (8) 21 Sep 44 (13) 14 Sep 43 (7) 7 Sept New outbreaks in Sept & Oct up on last year (97 v 80).. & up on 2020 & 2021

It makes me so sad and worried to think of dependent people, many old, frail, with no way of escaping Covid 2 - 3 times a year.