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Number of confirmed COVID cases falls at University Hospital Waterford

Number of confirmed COVID cases falls at University Hospital Waterford
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The number of patients with Covid-19 at University Hospital Waterford has fallen further.

As of 8 o'clock last night, there were three confirmed cases on site.

Two of those patients remain in intensive care.

A further seven suspected cases are in isolation awaiting test results.

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Elsewhere in the South East, there are 12 confirmed cases at Wexford General, 5 at St Luke's in Kilkenny while South Tipperary General Hospital has no confirmed cases.

Dr Tony Holohan

The Chief Medical Officer is warning Ireland could still lose control of the Covid-19 outbreak.

1,339 people with the virus have now lost their lives, while the number of cases has risen to just under 22,000.

Public health officials say the country must be re-opened in a cautious and conservative way, to prevent further restrictions later this year.

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But, Dr Tony Holohan says it is possible more measures could be needed:

"We need to be in a position to satisfy ourselves that the easing of any restriction does not lead to an untoward spread of this infection and that we can pick [any infection] up as quickly as possible.

He added he didn't want us to "find ourselves bringing people through a series of measures where we begin to ease things, when we begin to increase the amount of social activity and economic activity, get it wrong and have to walk back the road".

"If we have to do that, we'll have to do that."

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