No COVID-19 patients at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe

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Galway Bay fm newsroom - The number of COVID-19 patients at Galway's public hospitals has dropped to six.

That's half the figure of 12 reported yesterday.

All of today's six cases are at UHG - with two patients receiving treatment in the ICU.

According to the latest figures, Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe now has no active or suspected cases of Covid-19.

Nationally, 206 people with Covid-19 are in Irish hospitals today - the lowest in 115 days.

The figure has fallen from 227 yesterday, and is a drop of 21 percent from last Tuesday.

It comes as NPHET warns a fourth wave of Covid-19 can be avoided over the next 6 weeks if social contacts remain largely unchanged.

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