Number of Covid patients in hospital hits three-week high as 581 new cases confirmed

Dr. Tony Holohan
The number of patients in hospital, and in intensive care units, with Covid-19 has hit a three-week high.
As of 8am this morning, there were 60 patients being treated for the virus in hospitals across the country, an increase of six on the same time yesterday. Seventeen of those patients were in ICU, an increase of one on yesterdayâs figures.