The number of patients with Covid-19 being treated in hospital has fallen more than 75% since the peak in mid-January. As of 8pm last night there were 472 patients in hospital with the coronavirus, with 108 of those patients being treated in intensive care units, down from 198 one month ago.
This has enabled the closure of 32 critical care beds over the course of the past month. There were 566 confirmed Covid-19 cases reported yesterday, which is more than 200 higher than Tuesday, but still in line with the downward trend that has seen weekly case numbers fall by between 10% and 15% per week over the past three weeks.