Maintaining the downward trend in Covid-19 cases is “crucial”, chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has said, after the lowest daily case figures in over five weeks was reported. On Monday, when over 300 cases were reported in the capital, Dr Holohan expressed concern about “stubbornly” high figures in Dublin. At 2pm on Tuesday , there were 296 Covid-19 patients in hospital, including 42 in ICU. Dr Holohan said “improvements with Covid-19” were being seen thanks to the efforts of people across Ireland but maintaining the downward trend was “the most crucial thing”. However, Dr Holohan warned this approach can still miss up to 15 per cent of imported cases.

Source: The Irish Times November 03, 2020 12:39 UTC