A top doctor and Covid-19 advisor has issued a frightening deaths warning as cases continue to sky rocket in Dublin and around the country.
Sadly, 442 more cases of coronavirus were confirmed last night with the death toll beginning to steadily grow again as four people lost their lives at the hands of the horrific virus.
Dr Mary Favier of the Irish College of General Practitioners has warned that the number of deaths in Ireland is "starting to climb again".
And worryingly, when asked if the toll would begin to spike in coming weeks, the virus advisor to the ICGP warned "it is coming".
She said: “Deaths tend to follow four to six weeks after the rise in rates so unfortunately, it is coming.
“For us as GPs, we know our hospital services are under strain already. We know we have people on trolleys; we know the ED departments are busy.
"GPs are exceptionally busy. We didn’t get the summer lull we usually get so we are in a vulnerable situation in Ireland and because our health services have been under-resourced for so long, we need to protect them."
She added: "The message for the last number of weeks has been very much to reduce your contacts, reduce your contacts. Try and half them on any given day to what you might have done and this goes to that message.
“So, if I want to go out and meet somebody tonight, it can only be from one family and if I want to go out for coffee tomorrow, it can only be with one friend not two and that is really important.”
It is understood that the R number in Ireland remains around the 1.3 mark today.
