Latest Covid details from Mayo University Hospital

The number of confirmed Covid cases in care at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) has risen by one to 72 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest report compiled by the HSE at 8 p.m. yesterday.

MUH's virus figures are now the 11th highest in the country, the list headed by University Hospital Waterford with 113.

Galway University Hospital has 70 positive cases in care, a fall of three.

No new cases was admitted to the Castlebar facility between 8 p.m. yesterday and 8 p.m. on January 27.

There are three suspected cases at the centre, up by one, and four confirmed cases are in the facility's ICU, a rise of one..

Nationally, the number of hospitalised confirmed cases now stands at 1,548, a decrease of 50.

The number of patients in intensive care units nationally has increased by two to 213.

There are three vacant general beds at MUH, down by four, and no vacant critical care beds, no change.

A total of 68 new confirmed cases were identified in Mayo by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre yesterday evening, bringing the total to 953 for the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 730.2 - the sixth highest in the country and above the national average of 621.9.