Covid-19: 1,910 more cases and 77 deaths; infections in Irish hospitals is “out of control”

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,910 new cases of Covid-19 and 77 deaths.

There have now been a total of 186,184 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 2,947 deaths related to the virus in Ireland.

According to rte

In a statement, the INMO said that nearly 2,000 healthcare workers have caught Covid-19 over two weeks in outbreaks directly traced to their workplaces.

They said that between 6 and 19 January there have been 5,403 reported healthcare workers infected with the virus, with 1,957 confirmed as having been infected in a healthcare setting.

Credit https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0123/1191607-coronavirus-numbers/

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