18% drop in positive Covid cases at Mayo University Hospital

The number of positive Covid cases in care at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) has fallen by four to 18 over the past 24 hours

One new confirmed case was admitted to the Castlebar facility between 8 p.m. yesterday and 8 p.m. on March 16.

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

MUH's virus figures are now the eighth highest in the country, the list headed by St. James's Hospital, Dublin, with 42.

Galway University Hospital has six positive cases in care, down by two, while Sligo University Hospital has seven, up by two.

There are six suspected cases at the Castlebar centre, a drop of one.

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

Nationally, the number of hospitalised confirmed cases now stands at 343, a decreased of six in the past 24 hours.

The number of patients in intensive care units nationally is 82, down by three..

There are two vacant general beds and no 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 128 for the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 98.1 - below the national average of 148.

Mayo's five-standing moving average is down to 5.