219 people with Covid-19 were in ICU in public hospitals last night, the highest since the pandemic began.

Last night, there were 25 adult ICU beds free nationally, with 10 hospitals with no capacity.

Nationally, in public hospitals there were 1,930 people with Covid-19, with over 100 infected patients in nine different facilities.

Across the region there are 115 at Galway University Hospital- down one, 92 Mayo University Hospital- down three, 54 Sligo Hospital- up four and 8 at the Portiuncula.

There are 17 patients with the virus on critical care beds in Galway, 5 in Sligo, 4 in the Portiuncula, and 3 in Mayo.

132 people across the health system with the disease were on ventilators.