The number of people in ICU with Covid-19 has fallen below 100 for the first time in two months.

Latest figures indicate the disease is moving in the right direction including the number of cases, positivity rates, the five day moving average and GP referrals.

Dr Catherine Motherway, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospital Limerick joined Susan to discuss.

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