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73% fewer Covid patients in hospital since March peak

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The downward trend for hospitalisations of people with Covid-19 is continuing with 436 confirmed cases in hospital today, a decrease of 43 since yesterday.

It is a 73% reduction since this year's peak of 1,624 infected patients in hospital on 28 March. There are 38 positive cases in ICU, an increase of five since yesterday but 60% down on the 97 peak for intensive care infections on 17 January.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre today reported 2,307 new cases of coronavirus, comprising 982 PCR-confirmed cases with 1,325 positive tests logged on the HSE portal.

This is almost a third less than the 3,261 positive cases reported two weeks ago. Northern Ireland today reported a further 365 new Covid cases and one more death.

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