As the country grapples to suppress the second wave of Covid-19 infections the acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn warned has that trends in hospitalisations, admissions to Intensive Care, and Covid-19 related deaths tend to lag behind headline case numbers.
That means he said, we can expect to see more of each of them in the weeks ahead. The National Public Health Emergency Team is seriously concerned about infection trends in some counties and how fast the situation has been changing.
Dr Glynn detailed how one single case of infection that was traced, was eventually passed on to 56 other people through a series of direct and indirect social interactions involving households, extended families gathering, sporting activities and