Ventilator usage numbers static after worrying spike through March

The number of ventilators being used to treat critical patients with Covid-19 has remained static for much of the past week, while deaths in an ICU setting are also at a low level.

Internal HSE figures seen by the Irish Examiner state that 114 patients are currently being ventilated in Irish healthcare settings. A further 12 people are being ventilated for whom confirmation as to whether or not they have the coronavirus has not yet been received.