Rise in positive Covid cases at Mayo University Hospital

The number of positive Covid cases in care at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) has increased by four to 28 in the past 24 hours.

No new confirmed cases were admitted to the Castlebar facility between 8 p.m. yesterday and 8 p.m. on March 4.

The latest HSE report from the facility was compiled at 8 p.m. yesterday.

MUH's virus figures are now the fifth highest in the country, the list still headed by the St. James's Hospital, Dublin, with 48, down by three.

Galway University Hospital has eight positive cases in care, down by two, while Sligo University Hospital has seven, no change.

There are seven suspected cases at the Castlebar centre, a decrease of four, and two confirmed cases are in the facility's ICU, no change. There are two suspected cases in Castlebar ICU.

Nationally, the number of hospitalised confirmed cases now stands at 401, a decrease of 26.

The number of patients in intensive care units nationally is 99, a decrease of four.

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

A total of six new confirmed cases were identified in Mayo by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre yesterday evening, bringing the total to 244 for the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 187 - above the national average of 185.1.