Covid-19 hospital admissions still three times higher than peak of last wave

Liz Canavan: 'Hospital numbers are still at peak levels of wave two and we’re still using surge capacity.' Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 remains three times higher than at the peak of the second wave in October, a senior Government official has said.

Liz Canavan, assistant secretary at Department of the Taoiseach, warned that while numbers are falling the country cannot afford them to level out at this point.