On Thursday, Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant revealed 40 COVID-19 patients were now in hospital, with 11 of those in ICU – an increase of four overnight.
Seventeen of the hospitalised patients are under the age of 55 and, of those, 10 are under 35.
Dr Matthews said cases in hospital were “a stark reminder that this can be a severe disease and a proportion of people will end up in hospital. It can be forgotten that this can be a serious infection”, she said.
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