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Almost half of the total number of Covid-19 cases in Ireland have been reported in the last two weeks alone. A further 3,955 new cases have been confirmed, with 28 additional deaths. There are now 1,789 patients with the virus in hospital - 169 of them are in intensive care. NPHET says there are some positive signs - with the R number falling to between 1 and 1.3. DCU Professor of Health Systems, Anthony Staines joined Shane Beatty: [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/01/15071500/anthony-staines1.mp3"][/audio]