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More than 14,000 new Covid cases as hospitalisations continue to rise

More than 14,000 new Covid cases as hospitalisations continue to rise — The number of Covid patients in hospital is now at its highest level since February 2021.

Wed, 16 Mar, 2022 - 17:52

Steve Neville

More than 14,000 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Wednesday as hospitalisations continue to rise.

Wednesday saw 5,452 PCR-confirmed cases as well as 8,644 positive antigen tests being registered through the HSE portal.

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