Tony Holohan: Rise in Covid-19 cases goes against positive trends of previous weeks

Dr Tony Holohan: "I am increasingly concerned that the positive trends we had seen recently have not been maintained." Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

The latest rise in new Covid-19 cases goes against the previous weeks of “positive trends”, according to Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan.

Yesterday, it emerged there have been 11 more deaths and 366 new cases of the virus here.