Galway Bay fm newsroom - The number of patients with COVID-19 at UHG has doubled over the past week.
There are now 36 patients with the virus at the city hospital - compared to 16 patients this day last week.
There's also been a similar rise in ICU patients during that time.
Considerable increases in COVID-19 patients have also been recorded at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe over the past seven days.
Nationally, 884 people are in hospital this morning with COVID-19 - that's up 57 percent compared to Christmas Day.
It comes as over 21 thousand PCR tests were carried out across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon between December 27th and January 2nd.
Speaking to Sally-Ann Barrett, Breda Crehan Roche, Chief Officer for Community Healthcare West, says it continues to be extremely busy at all testing sites.
