Hospital figures down nearly 25% as vaccine has effect for covid numbers

The number of people with Covid-19 in hospital has fallen by almost a quarter since the start of the month.

Latest figures show 208 patients are being treated - including 51 in intensive care units. In an update from last night, Wexford General Hospital recorded 4 people with virus at Wexford General Hospital and 1 people in critical care. HSE chief executive Paul Reid says the country could be on a good trend - with the effect of vaccines reducing sickness levels for the most vulnerable. 455 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 here, and 14 more patients are confirmed to have died. Three of those deaths were in April, with the rest spread across the first three months of the year.