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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
John Patrick Kierans

Number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals falls again with just 36 in intensive care

The number of patients in hospitals with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 continues to drop.

As of Saturday night, 370 people were in Irish hospitals connected with the virus, down from 459 from the same period last week.

Of those receiving treatment, 182 had the virus, while 188 were suspected cases.

Meanwhile, the number of those in intensive care has dropped to just 36.

This is down from 160 in early April, according to HSE boss Paul Reid.

Taking to Twitter earlier, he said: "Today there are 36 confirmed Covid-19 cases in ICU. We hope they all recover well.

"This is down from 160 people in early April. I want to pay a special thanks to our Critical Care teams across the country. You have all been superb throughout."

The figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre also showed that there had been no deaths in intensive care in the previous 24 hours.

Meanwhile, an analysis of 1,649 deaths, up until May 28, showed that 90% of people who died from the virus had an underlying medical condition.

Those who passed away were aged between 17 and 105, while the median age of those who died was 84.

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