Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive Paul Reid has said there is an increasing number of positive Covid-19 cases and for the seven days up to 22 September there was 1,930 cases notified, 32% up on the previous week with 1,470.
He was speaking at the HSE weekly update in Dublin this morning. He also said the increase in the number of people being admitted to hospital due to the coronavirus is a growing concern, with 52% of cases aged under 65.
As of 8pm yesterday, there were 88 patients with Covid19 in our hospitals, down from 95 patients the day before. However, the operational data from the HSE shows the number of people with the virus in intensive care has gone up by one in the last 24 hours, to 17.