Galway Bay FM Newsroom - Figures for patients with Covid-19 in Galway Hospitals have fallen for a second day in a row with 31 in GUH and 3 in Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
This is a reduction of 3 in GUH and 2 in Portiuncula in the last 24 hours.
Of that number, there are three in ICU in GUH, no change on yesterday while there are no patients in ICU in Portiuncula, a reduction of one.
MEANWHILE
The HSE says the positivity rate among young people has dropped significantly in the past week.
The rate among people aged 15-24 has gone from 22 to 16 percent - and from 13 to 10 percent in those aged zero to 14.
Referrals among 15 to 24-year-olds has also dropped sharply, however it's now highest among zero to 14s.
Meanwhile walk-in vaccination clinics continue this weekend, with people who got a first dose of AstraZeneca now able to get a second dose of mRNA vaccine.
It follows recently updated advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee on mixing and matching.
The Walk Clinic at Ballybrit is open today until 12.30pm
