1,770 people are in hospital with the coronavrius here while the number of people in intensive care has increased to 172.  Dr Gabriel Scally Public Health Physician, Former Director of Public Health for Belfast and Professor of Public Health at the University of Bristol joined us to discuss this increasing number of covid admissions.

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