Sharp Reduction In The Number Of People Admitted To Naas General Hospital With Covid 19.

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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 9:46am

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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There are no vacant general care beds there, and 1 vacant ICU bed.

There's been a reduction of almost 25%  in the number of people being treated for Covid 19 at Naas General in the last 24 hours.

The HSE reports that 11 people were admited for treatment for the virus at 8pm on Monday.

By the same time last night, this had reduced to 7.

There has also been a sharp fall in the number of people being treated at the Kildare facility for suspected cases of Covid.

9 people had been admitted by Monday night, and by last night, that had fallen to 1 person.

There are no vacant general care beds, and 1 vacant ICU bed.

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