Confirmed: 297 cases of Covid-19 in NI nursing and residential care homes
Nearly 300 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in nursing and residential care homes across Northern Ireland.
A total of 56 care homes are affected.
Provisional data from the Public Health Agency today (Wed) show 297 cases of coronavirus in homes.
Director of Public Health Professor Hugo van Woerden said “When the PHA receives a notification of an issue of acute respiratory infection in a care home the agency’s health protection team investigates and supports the provider in managing the outbreak.
“A comprehensive risk assessment is completed of the incident, which includes an assessment of each individual resident and the environment, and an ongoing assessment of the severity, spread and context of the incident.
“A range of methods are in place to monitor the course of COVID-19 in care homes and the wider community. The data collated by the PHA is used to monitor the situation as closely as we can.”