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HSE concerned at rising COVID cases in Galway in recent days

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HSE concerned at rising COVID cases in Galway in recent days

Galway Bay fm newsroom - The HSE says the Covid-19 test centre at the former Galway Airport site in Carnmore has been "very busy" in recent days and the number of cases has been increasing

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It comes as the latest figures from HSE Community Healthcare West show 4,768 tests were carried out over the past week

While that's a slight increase of over 100 tests compared to the week previous Chief Officer with Community Healthcare West, Breda-Crehan Roche, says they are concerned that the number of cases is rising

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There were 54 positive cases on one day alone this week

She says while the testing centres are very busy, they still have plenty of capacity and a close eye is being kept on the situation

Breda Crehan Roche says pop-up test centres will be introduced if needed

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