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The Department of Health has reported a significant decrease in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the last week.
The 14-day incidence rate of the disease is now below 200 cases per 100,000 people.
This means that Ireland now has the fifth lowest disease incidence rate of 31 European countries.
However, there are concerns that the rate of reduction in virus incidence remains slow in Co Donegal.
At 8 p.m. last night, there were 279 people hospitalized with Covid-19, four fewer than the figure from the night before.
There were 20 new cases admitted to the hospital during the last 24 hours, while there were also 110 suspected cases.
There were 37 patients with the virus in intensive care units, 27 of them on ventilators.
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Naas General Hospital has the highest number of Covid-19 patients with 32, 31 at Tallaght University Hospital and 29 at Limerick University Hospital.
In a statement last night, the Irish Organization of Nurses and Midwives said 35 nursing staff members and ten HCA staff were unavailable for work due to Covid-19 infections at Naas General Hospital.
The union called on hospital management and the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group to immediately cancel elective / day surgeries and outpatient work at the hospital.
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