92 patients contracted Covid-19 at University Hospital Waterford in the month of January.
That’s according to figures obtained by the Sunday Independent which outlined the number of people who were admitted for other reasons but acquired the virus.
The breakdown looks at 45 hospitals across the country from January 1st 2021, to January 31st of the same month.
Nationwide, 151 patients contracted Covid-19 at St Vincent’s Hospital – the highest in the country.
There were 131 hospital-acquired cases at St James’ Hospital, 130 at Cork University Hospital, 115 at University Hospital Galway and 99 at University Hospital Limerick.
Elsewhere across the South East region, 23 patients contracted the virus at South Tipperary General Hospital, 18 at Wexford General.