Coronavirus cases in Ireland top 6,500, ICU admissions stablise

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose by 500 to 6,574 on Thursday, the highest daily total so far, although health officials said a stabilisation in the numbers admitted to intensive care units was encouraging.

There has also been a day-on-day reduction in the growth rate, averaged out over the preceding five days, to 9% from 15% a week ago, Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said.

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"The growth in cases is slowing down but frankly that number needs to be zero in order to have controlled or suppressed this epidemic," Nolan told a news conference, as the death toll from the virus rose to 263 from 235 a day earlier.

(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Chris Reese)

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