There are 12 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in hospitals, according to the latest figures from the Health Service Executive. Most hospitals have no confirmed cases at this point.
Nine of the 12 patients with confirmed Covid-19 are in critical care beds, with seven of these on ventilators. The public hospital system has 51 adult critical care beds vacant.
In addition to this capacity, there are five paediatric CCU beds free and 17 private critical care beds available. Overall, there are 423 general beds free in the system. Latest coronavirus stories Meanwhile, the latest figures from the Department of Health show that over 862,000 people have downloaded the new Covid Tracker, launched yesterday.