The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital is at its lowest level in nearly 250 days.
The figure fell to 99 yesterday - after a drop of 28 in the space of 48 hours.
41 Covid patients are in ICU, but that's 10 more than just over over two weeks ago.
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Dr Eoghan De Barra, a consultant in infectious diseases in Beaumont Hospital, says the virus will remain with us for a long time.
Meanwhile, mandatory hotel quarantine is set to be extended by eight weeks.
It's due to end on June 8th, but the government will today propose in the Dáil that it lasts until the end of July.
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It's because the EU's digital green cert for travel is unlikely to take effect here until then.
