Number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 more than quadrupled in past two weeks

Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) chief Paul Reid (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland/PA)

Ireland’s health system is under “increasing strain” with a record 1,421 coronavirus patients being treated in hospitals, the HSE chief has warned.

Paul Reid said the best support the public can now give to health workers is to avoid getting sick with Covid-19.