The Health Service Executive has confirmed that 11 people have died at one nursing home in Dublin since 2 April. Of the 11 people who died at St Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park, 10 tested positive for Covid-19 and the eleventh person is a suspected case, which is awaiting confirmation.
St Mary's provides care for older people and has 198 residential places in total. In a statement, the HSE expressed its sympathies to the friends and families of those who died saying "our thoughts are with them at this difficult time".
According to the statement St Mary's is led by full time consultant geriatricians and there is 24/7 medical and nursing management on site, with a nurse specialist in infection prevention and control also working in the