The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at St James's Hospital admitted 91 Covid-19 patients from March to the end of May, according to figures released to RTÉ Investigates.
During that time, 299 patients were admitted to the hospital's ICU – one of the biggest in the country – meaning that just under one-third of all admissions from March to May were Covid-19 related.
Of the 91 Covid-19 patients, 55 (60%) were male and 36 (40%) female. The youngest Covid-19 patient admitted to ICU during this time was a 28-year-old male, one of three Covid-19 patients admitted to ICU aged under 40.
The other two were males, aged 37 and 39. There were fears during the early stages of the pandemic that ICUs across the country would be overrun with