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Number of COVID cases at University Hospital Waterford remains stable

Number of COVID cases at University Hospital Waterford remains stable
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There's no change in the number of confirmed cases at University Hospital Waterford.

Five covid patients are being treated on site with a further eight cases awaiting results.

Two people remain in intensive care.

Nationally, 665 people confirmed with Covid-19 are being treated in acute hospitals across the country.

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The daily figure's the lowest in roughly three weeks.

There are 93 people in ICU's, down from a peak of 160 at the start of April.

A further 330 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed yesterday, along with 19 more deaths.

As of midnight on Friday there were 139 confirmed cases in Waterford since the outbreak began. That's an increase of one since Thursday.

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Health Minister Simon Harris's warning any progress being made is fragile:

"We do need to use this period of time to weaken this virus, lets make this virus as weak as we possibly can.

"The weaker this virus is, at the end of this two weeks, the greater a chance we have of the plan working and being able to progress, but most importantly the more lives we will have saved."

 

 

 

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