A consultant in infectious diseases expects more people to end up in hospital with Covid-19 in the coming weeks, with a knock-on effect for the rest of the healthcare system.
His comments come after virus case numbers were above 1,800 for the second day in a row, with 1,837 new cases detected yesterday.
208 patients are being treated in hospital for the virus, a rise of ten on the previous day, with 31 in intensive care.
There were 10 at Letterkenny University Hospital as of Saturday night, up three on Friday’s number.
RCSI Senior Lecturer Eoghan de Barra says a surge in covid admissions will have knock on effects on non-covid care:
