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Today, March 10th, marks one year since Covid-19 was confirmed in Waterford.
During that time 5,216 people have been diagnosed with the virus and sadly 90 people have died here.
It’s one year to the day that the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Waterford.
A man who was an inpatient in Medical Ward 7 was tested for the virus.
He was then transferred to an isolation room in the Pine Ward, in the new Dunmore Wing, specifically opened to facilitate the isolation and care of patients either suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
By the end of March there were 38 cases in Waterford. Two weeks later, on the 14th of April it had reached 100.
Lovable rogue died after taking snowball drug cocktail in crack den
Carl Letman suffered the indignity of having his body searched for drugs by other people in the property while he was lying unconscious on the bed
11:27, 24 FEB 2021
Carl Letman at work as a labourer (Image: Mark Lewis)
A drug user died after being injected with a cocktail of heroin and cocaine at a crack den in a quiet residential street, an inquest has heard.
Carl Wayne Letman had gone to the property after relapsing following a period of treatment for his addictions. His body was found the following day after a call to police by his concerned mother.