Over 5,000 confirmed Covid-19 PCR cases in region in last fortnight
Published 2nd Feb 2022, 16:46 GMT
MORE than 5,000 Covid-19 cases from PCR tests have been confirmed in the region across the last 14 days.
The figures, revealed by the Department of Public Health Mid-West come as the total daily number of new cases of coronavirus from these tests numbers 5,940.
In addition, yesterday, a further 6,620 people registered a positive antigenic test through the HSE portal.
There has now been a total of 6,228 deaths related to Covid-19 notified in Ireland since the onset of the pandemic.
This includes 92 deaths newly notified in the past week.
As of eight o’clock this morning, some 630 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, of which 65 were being treated at intensive care wards across the State.