Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed)

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Am I correct in saying that many countries, including Ireland, have witnessed an increase in detected cases but that has not, thankfully, been accompanied by an increase in hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths? How much have we increased our ICU capacity by since the initial lockdown in March? It seems to be an international trend. From what I understand, Dr. Glynn said the only reason for that is because elderly people have not contracted the virus up to now and once they do we will see an increase. Am I correct in summarising his position?

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