Coronavirus: 465 further cases reported in the State Ireland’s Covid-19 situation ‘a long way from the dark days of January’ says Reid
about 11 hours ago Updated: about an hour ago Vivienne Clarke
Patients being vaccinated at the Helix in Dublin in March. File photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images
A further 465 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the State.
The Department of Health also said there were 84 Covid-19 patients in hospital with 30 in intensive care.
Earlier on Thursday, HSE chief executive Paul Reid said Ireland had come “a long way from the dark days of January” when more than 2,000 people were hospitalised with Covid-19 and 200 were in intensive care (ICU).
Holohan and Donnelly to meet Limerick TDs over rise in Covid-19 cases Chief medical officer urges public health compliance in county as 465 cases reported nationally
about 16 hours ago Updated: about 2 hours ago
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and chief medical officer Tony Holohan will give a briefing to Limerick-based TDs and Senators on Friday afternoon addressing the recent rise in Covid-19 cases in the county.
On Wednesday, some 103 cases were reported in Limerick, the highest total there since the peak of the national pandemic crisis in January. The meeting was arranged by Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins who said on Thursday that he was very concerned about the high numbers there compared with other regions of the country.
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Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said that while the country is likely to have passed the worst of the disease this year, there will be a need to keep virus levels low.
He could not confirm whether or not the construction industry will reopen early next month.
Dr Glynn said priorities are the reopening of education and non-Covid healthcare.