Number of Covid-19 patients in ICU in Ireland falls below 100

The number of patients in intensive care with confirmed cases of Covid-19 has fallen below 100 for the first time in just over a month.

There are 99 patients in Intensive Care Units in the country's 29 acute hospitals with Covid-19. There are also 21 patients with suspected cases of the virus.

There are 184 patients in intensive care who do not have the virus and are suffering from other conditions. As of yesterday evening, there were 134 critical care beds available and just over 1,400 general beds.

For the fourth day in a row, the rise in the number of new cases notified by the Department of Health was under 2%.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0502/1136241-coronavirus-ireland/

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