Almost 1 in 5 Nursing Home residents infected

[odyssey06]

Some 18% of the 30,000 residents of nursing homes have had a confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19.

Almost 1 in 5 nursing home residents diagnosed with Covid-19, Oireachtas committee hears

The Department of Health’s secretary general was speaking before an Oireachtas committee on Covid-19 earlier today.

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[Duke of Marmalade]

An incredible stat given that 1 in 200 of the general population have tested positive.

 

[odyssey06]

An incredible stat given that 1 in 200 of the general population have tested positive.

Well I think a lot more of the general population had it but werent prioritised for testing at the peak.
But still an astounding number.

 

[Drakon]

I’m not surprised by this. A nursing home could be considered to be a (very) large household.
Speaking for my own household, my son got it first. Then the rest of us got it.
The wife of a friend of mine had been C19 testing employees in a nearby meat packing plant. Testing them in their homes. Everyone in each house testing positive.
I’m only guessing, but I’d say that a nursing home that has cases, has many cases. Whereas one that doesn’t have cases, obviously doesn’t.
You could easily have two nursing homes on the same road with 100 residents each. One with zero cases, the other with 80.
IMHO.

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

I’m not surprised by this. A nursing home could be considered to be a (very) large household.
Speaking for my own household, my son got it first. Then the rest of us got it.
The wife of a friend of mine had been C19 testing employees in a nearby meat packing plant. Testing them in their homes. Everyone in each house testing positive.
I’m only guessing, but I’d say that a nursing home that has cases, has many cases. Whereas one that doesn’t have cases, obviously doesn’t.
You could easily have two nursing homes on the same road with 100 residents each. One with zero cases, the other with 80.
IMHO.

Incredible experience Drakon. I hope you are all well. As I have remarked before the stats on this Covid thing could occupy a whole Young Scientists' exhibition.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

Yes, they should give figures for how many nursing homes actually had cases.

Brendan

 

[RedOnion]

Yes, they should give figures for how many nursing homes actually had cases.

Brendan

Is this part of the article not helpful?
"56% of all nursing homes have remained virus-free"