Mayo ICU is Covid-free for sixth successive day

The number of positive Covid cases in care at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) has risen by one to 23 over 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 13.

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 headed by Connolly Hospital, Dublin, with 35.

Galway University Hospital has six positive cases in care while Sligo University Hospital has five.

There are seven suspected cases at the Castlebar centre.

The ICU at Mayo University Hospital is Covid-free for the sixth successive day.

Nationally, the number of hospitalised confirmed cases now stands at 355, a rise of 16 in the past 24 hours.

The number of patients in intensive care units nationally is 86, an increase of one.

There are five vacant general beds and one vacant critical care beds today at MUH.

Less than five new confirmed cases were identified in Mayo by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre yesterday evening, bringing the total to 159 for the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 121.8 - below the national average of 150.9.