96 Covid-19 patients at Letterkenny University Hospital

An intensive care consultant at University Hospital Limerick says hundreds of staff are out due to Covid-19 reasons.
There are 141 patients with the virus in UHL – making it the second worst hit hospital in the country – and there’s only two critical care beds available in the facility.
Cork University Hospital has the highest number of patients on site with the virus at 152, with only 1 critical care bed available. While there are 96 Covid patients at Letterkenny University Hospital.
In total, there are 1,846 people with Covid-19 in hospital nationwide.
Dr Catherine Motherway says staff absences are significantly impacting services across the University of Limerick Hospitals group: