Covid cases predicted to be 220 a day by mid-May

Over the past seven days, 2,612 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed across Ireland. Picture: Denis Minihane.

The number of Covid-19 infections could fall to just over 220 per day and the number of deaths to five per day by mid-May, according to a new forecast hub launched by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

The hub predicts the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths four weeks ahead in 30 EU/EEA member states, as well as the UK and Switzerland.