Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Briefing by HSE Officials
Mr. Paul Reid:
I will respond to the question on the healthcare workers and I will ask Dr. Henry to respond as well. I can briefly give the Deputy some figures he suggested. Among healthcare workers who have had confirmed cases the rate of hospitalisation and ICU admission for Covid-19 is much lower than for the normal population. Some 3.7% or 259 of the positive cases among healthcare workers have been hospitalised. This compares with an overall hospitalisation rate of approximately 13% for the confirmed cases in the total population. In terms of admission to ICU, 43 healthcare workers, or 0.61%, have been admitted to ICU, which is much lower than the rate for cases among non-healthcare workers in the population.
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