Covid Patients In Midlands Hospitals Rise Over The Weekend

No new covid-related deaths were recorded on the island of Ireland yesterday.

The country's incidence rate of Covid-19 has fallen to 150 for the first time since before Christmas.

384 new cases of the virus were identified yesterday, while no deaths were recorded for the first time in 2021.

In public hospitals overnight, there were 355 people getting treatment for the virus, while there were 86 patients in ICU.

Numbers in midlands hospitals have been rising over the weekend.

There are 30 this morning, up from 23 on Friday - including six covid patients in ICU.

Member of the National Public Health Emergency Team is Dr Mary Favier, she says it is positive to see the daily death toll reach zero:

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