950 patients remain in hospital due to Covid-19



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More than 950 patients remain in the hospital with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 today.

The number of confirmed cases in intensive care units across the country has remained below 100 per second day.

There were 688 patients with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the hospital as of the previous night, and 265 with suspected cases.

Dublin Mater Hospital continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases with 104, followed by St James Hospital with 76.

Limerick University Hospital has 41 confirmed cases and 60 suspected cases.

98 people were confirmed to have Covid-19 in intensive care units across the country.

The last time these numbers were seen was in late March.

There were also 22 people suspected of having the virus in intensive care, while 131 critical care beds were still available.

HSE will hold its weekly briefing later this morning, where it will describe its response to the crisis, following the publication of the government’s plans to reopen the country.

Problems such as probation and situation are likely to occur in residential care facilities.


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Yesterday, the Health Department announced that 25 more people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 here had died.

There have now been a total of 1,286 virus-related deaths here.

There were also 343 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 21,176.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Simon Harris said yesterday that “it doesn’t look good” for traveling abroad this year.

He said the advice at the moment was not to leave the island of Ireland and it seemed highly unlikely that people would be able to travel abroad for vacations later in the year.

He noted that anyone traveling to Ireland now has to isolate themselves for 14 days and said that other European countries also have their own restrictions.

Passengers traveling to Ireland are now asked to complete a Public Health Passenger Locator form, showing their contact details and the address at which they will self-isolate.

He said that very few people were traveling to Ireland at the moment, but that could change in the coming months.

The figures also follow the announcement of a new € 6.5 billion support package to help companies reopen as Covid-19 restrictions slowly lift.

The measures include an exemption from business fees for companies that have been forced to close for three months, starting March 27.

There will also be new arrangements to help companies deal with accumulated tax obligations.

Proceeds will store these debts at zero interest rates for a period of 12 months after the deal is recommended. During that year no action will be taken to enforce the debt.

There have also been calls from business groups for a loan guarantee scheme for SMEs, with a credit guarantee scheme of 2 billion euros.

An additional € 2 billion pandemic stabilization and recovery fund will also be established under the auspices of the Irish Strategic Investment Fund.

However, more than € 4 billion of the support package cannot be implemented until a new government is formed.



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