Surge in new positive Covid cases at Mayo University Hospital

Fourteen new positive Covid cases at Mayo University Hospital have been reported in the HSE's latest update from the centre.

Overall, the number of confirmed Covid cases in care at the Castlebar centre have risen by five to 57 in the past 24 hours, according to the report compiled at 8 p.m. yesterday.

MUH's virus figures remain the 12th highest in the country, the list headed by University Hospital Waterford with 99.

Galway University Hospital has 45 positive cases in care, a fall of three.

Fourteen new cases were admitted to the facility between 8 p.m. yesterday and 8 p.m. on February 2.

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

Nationally, the number of hospitalised confirmed cases now stands at 1,300, an decrease of 96.

The number of patients in intensive care units nationally has dropped by seven to 198.

There are eight vacant general bed at MUH, up by four, and one vacant critical care bed, up by one.

A total of 20 new confirmed cases were identified in Mayo by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre yesterday evening, bringing the total to 596 for the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 424.1 - the eighth highest in the country and above the national average of 424.1.