Galway Bay fm newsroom - The number of Covid-19 patients at UHG remains generally stable today - with 30 patients receiving treatment at the city hospital.
It's still the second highest figure nationwide, behind Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, and a reduction of a single patient since yesterday.
There are five virus patients in the ICU, unchanged over the past two days.
Meanwhile, there are still 2 Covid-19 patients at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe, neither of which are in intensive care.
Nationally, 343 people with Covid-19 are in Irish hospitals today - 56 of whom are in the ICU.
It comes amid fears current vaccines may not offer sufficient protection against the newest Covid-19 variant.
The World Health Organisation has identified the "Mu" strain as a variant of interest.
