Nolan: Covid-19 case numbers rising too fast to record

Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the Nphet Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group at Thursday's Covid-19 update press conference at the Department of Health. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Covid-19 case numbers are now rising at such a rate that the system cannot immediately record them, the epidemiological lead for Nphet has said.

Authorities confirmed 1,620 new cases of the disease on Thursday, but the members of Nphet said this did not give a full picture of the developing crisis.