The Chief Medical officer has issued the first Covid warning as we head into the winter months and case numbers jump.
Professor Breda Smyth has said the public needs to “be prepared” for a return of mass Covid infection as hospitals work to get ready for what will likely be an “extremely busy period.”
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, Professor Smyth confirmed: "There were 405 confirmed Covid-19 cases in hospital this morning, which has increased by 23 percent from 329 cases last week on 28 September and by 74 percent from 233 cases on 14 September.
