Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in the world. Ireland is also facing the pandemic. The nation on Sunday reported 1,247 new corona cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 196,547.
According to the country's National Public Health Emergency Team, 15 COVID-19 deaths were recorded, taking the country's death toll to 3,307, said the statement. As of Sunday afternoon, hospitalizations stood at 1,516 with 211 patients in intensive care units.On Sunday afternoon, there were 1,516 Covid-19 patients in hospital, up 24 on the previous day. This included 211 in ICU, unchanged. There were 39 additional hospitalisation in the last 24 hours.
Earlier, a senior Nphet official warned corona case numbers in the Republic could rise by up to 10 per cent next week due to resumed testing of contacts. However, cases will start to fall again if people keep doing what they have been doing to curb the spread of the virus, according to Prof Philip Nolan. Meanwhile, Even as the world is slowly starting to recover from the impact caused due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the total confirmed cases of coronavirus across the globe have surpassed 100 million.
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