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Large increase in number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases at Tullamore Hospital
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There has been a large increase in the number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases at Tullamore Hospital in the last 24 hours.
According to figures from the HSE contained in its Daily Operations Update for Acute Hospitals, seven new cases of the virus were confirmed at the hospital up to 8pm on Monday.
However the overall number of patients being treated for the virus at the hospital remains relatively low. There are eight patients with confirmed cases of the virus and two patients with suspected cases of the virus being treated at the hospital. Of those patients, two are being treated in the Critical Care Unit.
University Hospital Waterford during Covid19. Picture: Patrick Browne
The number of patients with Covid-19 at University Hospital Waterford has reached 111.
That’s according to the latest Daily Operations Update from the HSE.
UHW is one of 10 acute hospitals across the country with more than 100 patients.
The Waterford figure is almost double what it was a week ago when 56 patients were being treated at the facility.
The number of patients in critical care remains unchanged at 6.
2,023 people with Covid-19 are being treated in Irish hospitals this morning- the first time the figure has risen over 2,000 since the start of the pandemic.