Numbers presenting with Covid symptoms up 50% as ESRI note 'clear slippage' in public behaviour

Dr Shane McKeogh said two weeks ago GPs would have been seeing 1.2-1.3 cases per day with possible Covid-19 symptoms that they would have referred for testing but that figure is now at 1.6-1.7.

The number of patients going to GPs with Covid-19 symptoms has increased by 50% over the past three weeks.

Dr Shane McKeogh, a founder of GP Buddy which collects data from surgeries around the country, said the country is still going in the wrong direction.