Irish hospitals see 'ray of light' but 'long way to go' before 3rd wave end

Updated: 10 Feb 2021, 9:18
IRISH hospitals are seeing a "ray of light" as Covid-19 hospitalisations fall, but we still have a "long way to go" before the end of the third wave.
Professor Paddy Mallon of St Vincent's Hospital Dublin warned that despite positive signs, there are still a lot of people very sick with the virus in hospital.
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Prof Paddy Mallon warned there are still an 'awful lot' of patients sick with the virus
According to the HSE's daily operations update - accurate until 8pm last night - there were 1,012 patients in acute Irish hospital sites with Covid-19.
Yesterday morning, that figure was 1,100 - meaning the number of patients has dropped by 88. Some 178 patients are receiving treatment in ICU.

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