The Mater hospital in Dublin is the unidentified hospital said to have reported hundreds of cases of Covid-19 up to six weeks late, The Irish Times has learned. At the briefing, chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said NPHET had only just learned that one hospital had reported several hundred cases of Covid-19. The extra cases accounted for more than half of the 426 new cases of the disease reported by NPHET on Thursday. Contacted by The Irish Times, a Mater spokeswoman said: “The Mater Hospital has reported all cases of Covid-19 positive results to the relevant authorities on a daily basis. At all times the Mater Hospital provided the information that the HSE required and met all legal requirements to report infectious diseases.

Source: The Irish Times May 15, 2020 12:11 UTC