Covid-19: 6,110 new cases and 6 further deaths; to cease non-urgent care in public hospitals to cope with Covid-19

The Department of Health has confirmed 6,110 new cases of Covid-19 and 6 further deaths.

There have now been a total of 107,997 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 2,265 deaths related to the virus in Ireland.

According to rte

The Chair of the National Public Health Emergency Team’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, Professor Philip Nolan told the briefing that if people do not act now to radically reduce transmission, then by mid-January the country could face having 1,500-2,000 people in hospital, and 200-400 people in ICU

Latest figures also show that the hospital system has around 40 adult intensive care beds available at this time.

Professor Nolan said the situation is moving so fast, the seven-day averages “do not really reflect the situation”. He said they have had 550 people in hospital on average over the past seven days.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of the HSE earlier said that work is under way to cease non-urgent care in public hospitals to cope with rising Covid-19 admissions.

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