201 are now receiving treatment after 18 new admissions in the past 24 hours
It comes amid a warning from the Chief Medical Officer that all the important indicators of Covid-19 are deteriorating.
The 14-day incidence rate has increased by 39 percent in seven days while the test positivity rate has more than doubled in less than a fortnight.
Infectious diseases specialist, Professor Sam McConkey, says the government's current strategy isn't enough:
