A briefing by the National Public Health Emergency Team heard that while there continues to be progress in the battling the current wave of the Covid-19, there is still a long way to go.
This evening, the Department of Health was notified of 47 further Covid-related deaths and 1,466 new confirmed cases. Here are some key findings from press briefings today by NPHET and the Health Service Executive: Progress continues but levels of disease too high The Chairperson of the NPHET's Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said that "huge progress" has been made in the last week.
However, the level of disease in the population remains very high. Prof Philip Nolan said that in the seven days to yesterday, an average of 1,700 new cases were