Latest Covid report from MUH reveals small rise in confirmed cases

The number of confirmed Covid cases in care at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) has increased by three to 37 in the past 24 hours.

That's according to the latest HSE report from the facility compiled at 8 p.m. yesterday.

MUH's virus figures are the 10th highest in the country, the list headed by the St. James's Hospital, Dublin, with 111.

Galway University Hospital has 31 positive cases in care, up by two, while Sligo University Hospital has 17, no change.

Five new confirmed case was admitted to the Castlebar facility between 8 p.m. yesterday and 8 p.m. on February 13.

There are eight suspected cases at the centre, up by one, and two confirmed cases are in the facility's ICU, down by one.

Nationally, the number of hospitalised confirmed cases now stands at 928, an increase of 46.

The number of patients in intensive care units nationally is 157, a drop of 10.

There are seven vacant general beds and one vacant critical care bed at MUH.

A total 21 new confirmed cases were identified in Mayo by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre yesterday evening, bringing the total to 360 for the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 275.8 - below the national average of 277.2.