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Covid-19 Hospitilistaions Are On The Rise

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The number of people being treated in ICU has risen since yesterday.

There's been an increase in the number of people who have been hospitalised for Covid-19 in the country.

Latest figures show 473 people are now being treated in hospital for the virus .

That's an increase of 25 since yesterday.

Some 97 people with COVID-19 are in the country's Intensive Care Units, an increase of four since yesterday.

A Professor of Health Systems from DCU says the government should have introduced more effective measures before reopening:

Anthony Staines, says ventillation and contact tracing should have been improved before restrictions were eased:

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