Covid-19: Record number of confirmed cases in ICUs as hospitalisations rise "The big ask of everyone is to stay at home and help get our hospitals and nursing homes back to safer levels" A dummy COVID-19 swab outside its sealed sterile tube during a demonstration. File picture Tue, 12 Jan, 2021 - 11:38 Steve Neville There are 1,700 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in Ireland, along with a record number of people in ICUs. The figure is up on Monday when 1,575 people with the virus were being treated in hospitals. The figure represents a record number of people with the disease in hospita...