University Hospital Waterford during Covid19. Picture: Patrick Browne
The number of patients with Covid-19 has increased at University Hospital Waterford.
According to the HSE’s Daily Operations Update, there were 16 confirmed cases on site last night.
Three of those patients were being treated in intensive care.
In total there were 60 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals across the South East.
There were 20 each in both St Lukes, Kilkenny and Wexford General Hospital, 16 in Waterford and 4 at South Tipperary General Hospital.
9 of those patients were in intensive care at the time.
765 cases of the virus were confirmed yesterday, but fewer tests were carried out in the days around Christmas.