“The Delta variant has enabled Covid-19 to regain a foothold in Ireland, which puts us all at risk as social contacts and mobility increase'
The Department of Health's statement said that the number of daily cases may also change due to future data validation.Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that there is now a very high level of disease circulating in the community, which the National Public Health Emergency Team are monitoring with"some concern".
“The Delta variant has enabled Covid-19 to regain a foothold in Ireland, which puts us all at risk as social contacts and mobility increase. We are closely monitoring the spread of the virus with some concern," he said. "Vaccines will help us turn the tide, but we are not there yet. We need to give vaccines the time and space to build up levels of protection across all demographics so that we can continue to progress the re-opening of all sectors of society and our economy.”said on Sunday that the number of people in hospital with the virus increased"sixfold" over the past six weeks, climbing from 40 six weeks ago to 248 as of Sunday morning.
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