Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed)
Dr. Kevin Kelleher:
We have different ways of measuring that. One method is the influenza-like illness, ILI, rate, which peaks at around 100 or 120 per 100,000. That means there are 5,000 or 6,000 people with that disease that week. It is quite high. Hospitalisations have risen quite considerably-----