Number of Covid-19 patients in hospital falls to four-month low

47 people were receiving treatment in ICUs on Tuesday night – an increase of just one from Monday evening’s figure. File Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

There are 189 patients with Covid-19 being treated in Irish hospitals on Wednesday morning – the lowest number in more than four months.

The newest figures published on the Health Service Executive (HSE)’s daily operations website show there were 11 new Covid-19 admissions on Tuesday. At the same time, 17 patients were discharged.