Irish hospitalisations see first week-on-week fall in Omicron wave

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DUBLIN - The number of coronavirus patients in Irish hospitals fell week-on-week for the first time since the Omicron variantadding to confidence that restrictions will begin to be lifted shortly.

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Ministers have said this week that they are increasingly confident of being able to end curbs introduced mainly on the hospitality and entertainment industry and that they will be guided by whether or not pressure on hospitals eases.

Hospitalisations tend to rise faster over weekends during waves of the disease in Ireland as more discharges occur on weekdays.

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