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35% Increase In Ireland's 14 Day Covid 19 Incidence Rate This Month.

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One in 12 people in Ireland have tested positive for Covid-19 since the pandemic began.

The 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 has increased by 35 per cent this month.

It now stands at 518 cases per 100,000 people - compared to 385 three weeks ago.


437 Covid patients were in hospital last night - with 88 in intensive care.

Infectious diseases consultant, Eoghan de Barra, from Beaumont Hospital, says the ICU situation is worrying.

One in 12 people in Ireland have tested positive for Covid-19 since the pandemic began.

There have been over 423,000 cases since the first infection 600 days ago.

Health officials are urging people to be cautious over the bank holiday weekend - after an average of 1,906 over the past five days.

Eoghan de Barra says the health service is under strain

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