Covid-19: Chief Medical Officer warns of likely rise in case numbers

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, who has warned that cases remain higher than he would like, despite Ireland having the lowest incidence rate in Europe. File Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The number of daily cases of Covid has "bottomed out" and we can now expect numbers to begin to rise again, the chief medical officer has warned.

The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has already warned that daily cases could spike to between 800 and 1,200 by the second week in January if there is a large amount of social gathering in the coming weeks.