Health officials have reported 1,181 new cases of Covid-19 today. Since this morning, 309 Covid patients are hospitalised of which 60 are in ICUs. A week ago, the number of people in hospital with the virus was 367. Tomorrow, members of Nphet will appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health with Cathaoirleach Seán Crowe saying that Covid “continues to loom over our lives”. Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn and National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) Chair Professor Karina Butler will be among those at the meeting.

Source: Irish Examiner September 14, 2021 16:07 UTC