There were 29 people in Galway’s public hopsitals on New Year’s Eve as the number of people with the disease in ICU also increased.
Twenty-two of the COVID patients are receiving care at UHG while there are seven cases at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
Of those diagnosed with COVID-19 at UHG, four are in the intensive care unit, and two of the seven cases at Portiuncula Hospital are in ICU.
Tallaght Hospital has the most COVID-19 patients in the State with 55.
The Department of Health provisionally reported 23,281 further cases of COVID-19 this afternoon.
As of 8am today, 656 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised nationally, of whom 85 are in intensive care units.
