The COVID Diaries – 138 15th August
There have been 200 new Covid-19 cases in Ireland on Saturday, the highest daily amount since the beginning of May. The country’s chief medical officer described this as “deeply concerning”.
Ireland has reopened its economy at a slower pace than most European Union countries but there has still been a rise in cases over the last two weeks.
At the same time the French health ministry reported 3,310 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, setting a new post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row and taking the country’s cumulative cases to 215,521.