There is growing concern about the number of Covid-19 cases in the community and the rising hospital admissions in Ireland, the head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said. Paul Reid said there has been a slight increase in the number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus this weekend. “From the HSE’s perspective, we still see a very high positivity rate.”He said that a close contact of a positive case has a 25 per cent likelihood of becoming infected. Mr Henry also raised concerns about the “definite stagnation” in the number of Covid-19 cases. “Another is close contact — very high positivity percentage of 24 per cent.

Source: The Irish Times March 21, 2021 14:39 UTC