Fewer than five people have died from COVID-19 in University Hospital Kerry after catching it in the hospital.
That's according to figures obtained by the Sunday Independent under the Freedom of Information Act from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The figures show the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 who died and were linked to outbreaks of the virus in hospital settings, between March 9th 2020 and December 4th of this year.
They also show that fewer than five COVID-19 patients died in the Bons Secours Hospital in Tralee, having caught the virus in the hospital.
Overall, 856 people have lost their lives after catching COVID-19 in hospital in Ireland, with the highest death toll from hospital-acquired Covid 19 at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin at 77.
