'We are seeing numbers that I never anticipated': Nphet warns ICU patients could reach 400

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan, and Chair of the Nphet Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Professor Philip Nolan at the Department of Health press briefing in Dublin tonight. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Unless people strictly follow the social distancing guidelines, we could soon have 400 people in intensive care beds, the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has warned.

The Department of Health confirmed six new deaths related to Covid-19 and 6,110 new cases. This now brings fatalities to 2,265 and cases to 107,997.