Slight drop in Mayo's Covid hospitalisation statistics

A total of 48 Covid patients are in care today at Mayo University Hospital, the eighth highest number for a healthcare facility in the country.

That's a drop of one in the past 24 hours.

Five new cases were admitted to the Castlebar facility yesterday.

Bed availability at the centre has improved somewhat with three vacant general beds on site.

However, there are no beds available in the intensive care unit (ICU) despite the fact there are no Covid cases in care there.