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Record Number Of People With Covid-19 Being Treated In Hospital

Laura Donnelly
Laura Donnelly

10:43 6 Jan 2021


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921 people with Covid-19 are being treated in Irish hospitals this morning - the highest number since the pandemic began.

It's an increase of 48 patients since last night.

The previous high of 881 was set on April 15th.

In the past 24 hours there's been 101 Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital - also a new record, while 59 people were discharged from wards.

Last night in ICU there were 76 people being treated in ICU, the highest number since May 7th.

HSE CEO Paul Reid said there are healthy people getting very sick, and is encouraging people to turn the current trend with cases to save lives.

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