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Reuters staff
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The underlying level of the COVID-19 disease in Ireland is now higher than in the first wave in April and May after authorities reported another daily record of 6,110 cases on Monday, a senior health official.
Ireland’s 14-day COVID-19 incidence rate per 100,000 people has almost quintupled to 583 in the past two weeks, but modeling chief Philip Nolan said the true underlying rate, due of a backlog of positive tests, is 700 to 800. The underlying 14-day rate per 100,000 population at the April high was around 600.
“We have never been more concerned at any point in the whole pandemic than we are now. This level of infection just puts too many people in hospitals and too many people in funeral homes, unfortunately, ”Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan said at a press conference.
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