The number of patients with Covid-19 has increased at University Hospital Waterford.
According to the HSE's Daily Operations Update, there were 16 confirmed cases on site last night.
Three of those patients were being treated in intensive care.
In total there were 60 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals across the South East.
There were 20 each in both St Lukes, Kilkenny and Wexford General Hospital, 16 in Waterford and 4 at South Tipperary General Hospital.
9 of those patients were in intensive care at the time.
765 cases of the virus were confirmed yesterday, but fewer tests were carried out in the days around Christmas.
There were fewer than 5 new cases in Waterford.
The 14-day incidence rate in Waterford is now 157.5.
The overall rate in the South East is 220.6. It's after 1,126 cases were confirmed here during the two weeks ending on December 27th.
Wexford accounts for 45% of all cases in the South East during that time after 511 cases were confirmed. There were 5 new cases announced for Wexford yesterday.
