An immunology expert expects the number of Covid-19 deaths to decrease in the coming weeks.
It’s after 101 additional deaths were confirmed yesterday, the highest daily figure reported since the beginning of the pandemic.
The number of people hospitalised has decreased by 20 per cent since this day last week to 1,367.
However there are still almost 500 more people in hospital with the virus now, that during the previous peak in April.
Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, Kingston Mills says an increase in the number of deaths was expected.
It’s after high number of hospital admissions over Christmas.
Coronavirus UPDATE: Over 3,000 people with COVID-19 have died in the Republic By Ruth O Connell
More than 3,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the Republic.
It s after a further 90 deaths were reported yesterday - the second highest daily figure.
Case numbers continue to fall, with the latest daily figure standing at
928 new confirmed cases including
71 in Louth and
However close contacts of confirmed cases are still not being tested.
Latest figures show there are 1,689 people with the disease in public hospitals here, while 216 are in ICUs.
Consultant in infectious diseases at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Eoghan De Barra, says the high number of deaths will likely continue: