Health officials 'hopeful' of getting Limerick's 'worrying' Covid situation under control

One trend noted by the Department is an increase in younger people in the region who are requiring treatment in hospital.

The Department is seeing significantly fewer cases among the older and vaccinated populations, but more in young people, including parents of young families being admitted to University Hospital Limerick with Covid-19. Photo: Brendan Gleeson

Health officials in the Midwest are hopeful they can bring a “worrying” situation in Limerick under control, as 300 Covid-19 cases have been reported since May 16.

The Department of Public Health Mid-West confirmed that, following a sudden increase over the past two weeks, there have been 361 Covid-19 cases in the Mid-West region from Sunday, May 16 to Monday, May 24.