Ten operations cancelled each week due to rising Covid-19 cases

The number of new cases of Covid-19 topped 3,000 for the third day in a row yesterday

Rising Covid cases are leading to the cancellation of ten scheduled operations per week at 21 hospitals across the country, the HSE's director of acute services has warned.

The comments from Liam Woods come less than a day after HSE chief executive Paul Reid warned of "significant and unrelenting pressure" on the hospital system.