The number of patients receiving treatment for Covid-19 at the region’s main hospital has jumped over the weekend.
The latest HSE figures show there were 72 patients with the virus at University Hospital Limerick this morning, up from 63 on Friday evening.
The number in ICU has risen by 1 in over the same period.
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It comes amid a Covid-19 outbreak affecting three wards at the Dooradoyle facility, which has led to visiting restrictions being imposed.
Meanwhile, nurses say the level of overcrowding remains high there today, with 65 patients waiting beds this morning, accroding to the latest INMO figures, 31 of those in the Emergency Department.
