Figures for hospital and ICU patients with Covid-19 drop again despite high infection rate
By David Power
Published 9th Feb 2022, 17:40 BST
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital and receiving ICU care has dropped in the past 24 hours.
There are 627 patients requiring treatment in hospital, the latest figures show.
Out of that figure, there were 68 patients receiving ICU care today.
The figure for those in hospital has dropped from 646 yesterday, down 19.
The ICU figures are also down from yesterday's total of 72.
Latest confirmed cases stands at 5,677 for PCR tests with a further 5,578 registered positive antigen tests.
In total, that represents a total of 11,255 positive tests on February 9.