Number of Covid patients in hospital drops as latest daily figures are confirmed
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THE number of patients with Covid-19 who are being treated in hospital has dropped to 90 with 35 in ICU, the Department of Health has confirmed.
It has also reported that as of midnight on Friday, it had been notified of an additional 464 confirmed cases of the disease across the country.
The figures are subject to validation and may be amended following review once the HSE s IT system is restored following the recent cyber attack.
There is no county-by-county breakdown and the daily figures for Limerick for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will not be known until early next week.
THE second Covid-19 testing centre which opened in Limerick earlier this week is to remain open for several more days, it has been confirmed. The walk-in centre.
Young people being treated in ICU as Limerick battles Covid surge
In the past eight days, 259 confirmed cases have been recorded in Limerick alone
There are currently 12 Covid-positive inpatients in UHL including a small number of young people
Mon, 24 May, 2021 - 17:49
David Raleigh
A number of young adults with Covid-19 are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), as the city deals with a massive surge of the disease.
According to provisional data released by Public Health Mid West, there were 135 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Mid West region last weekend, including 122 in Limerick.
MORE than 120 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Limerick over the weekend, provisional data has revealed. The figures, collated by the Department of Public.
Concerns about Covid rise in one county as younger people hospitalised with the virus
A number of young adults with Covid-19 are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital Limerick
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Concerns have been raised about a rise in Covid-19 cases in Co Limerick as a number of younger people are hospitalised with the virus.