More than 200 patients contracted Covid-19 while in hospital for other reasons in recent weeks, new Health Service Executive (HSE) figures show. Some 90 patients contracted the virus while in hospital in the week up to November 22nd, with 46 cases of hospital-acquired Covid-19 in the last week of November. In most cases patients will be tested for Covid-19 as they are admitted into hospital, and then regularly tested afterwards. Latest figures up to Sunday evening show Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin, was currently treating the largest number of Covid-19 patients with 47 confirmed cases. This was followed by Letterkenny General Hospital in Co Donegal (32), St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny (22) and, in south Dublin, St Vincent’s hospital (16), and Tallaght Hospital (14).

Source: The Irish Times December 21, 2020 22:01 UTC