A new report has found that over 100,000 people in Dublin are thought to be suffering with Long Covid since the pandemic began, with concerns that hospitals could be overwhelmed.
The estimate, by Independent TD Denis Naughten, is based on new data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) showing that 69% of the Irish population have had Covid and a large-scale Dutch study, published in The Lancet, which found one in eight Covid infections lead to long Covid. It is estimated that the number of long Covid patients in Ireland could be as high as 336,451 adults.
Mr Naughton described the numbers as "staggering." He said: "Dublin has the highest number of patients suffering the long-term effects of Covid-19 with 100,650, with Co Leitrim at the other end of the scale with 2,075 patients."
