Increase in hospital admissions with covid, flu and RSV expected this week, warns HSE boss

HSE CEO Bernard Gloster. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Some 560 people were admitted to hospital with covid-19, flu or RSV during the last week of December as the HSE head Bernard Gloster warns higher numbers are expected this week.

New figures show 236 patients with covid-19 admitted to hospitals, alongside 211 with the flu including four needing intensive care support and 113 with RSV, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre data.