Galway Bay fm newsroom - COVID-19 admissions at Galway intensive care units remain low this week as public health officials note a spike in such figures at other acute settings nationwide.
There is just one COVID-19 case being treated in ICU at UHG today, with no ICU virus cases at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
It comes as NPHET is meeting this morning with new COVID-19 intensive care admissions at their highest level in about eight months.
Eight people were admitted to ICU within 24 hours yesterday - the highest level since the middle of spring.
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