Average number of new cases of Covid increases by nearly 11%

 

The average number of new cases of Covid-19 has increased by nearly 11 per cent over the past 10 days.
The five-day average now stands at 552 – compared to 499 at the beginning of last week.
But the number of Covid patients in ICU fell to 66 last night – the lowest since January 3rd.
And there are 304 in public hospitals with the virus – the lowest since St Stephen’s Day.
There were six infectious Covid patients being treated at Letterkenny University Hospital, 3 in ICU.
Dr Alan Gaffney, the vice-president of the Intensive Care Society, says ICUs remain very busy: