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Chief Medical Officer Warns The HSE Won't Be Able To Cope With Increasing Hospitalisations With Covid-19

11:14 2 Jan 2021

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There are 581 patients with the virus in hospital this morning.

That's up 73 since yesterday - and Dr Tony Holohan says 50 to 70 people are being admitted every day.

1,754 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday, but 9,000 additional cases are expected to be recorded in the coming days due to reporting delays.

GP Advisor to the HSE, Dr Ray Walley, says we need to protect our hospitals:

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