Over 450 people are waiting for beds in hospitals across the country this morning.

According to the INMO, today’s number is 456 – an increase of over 100 on yesterday’s number.

It is the highest number of patients on trolleys so far this month – and the third highest since the start of June.

There are 339 are waiting in the emergency departments, while 117 are in wards elsewhere in the country’s hospitals.

The worst-hit hospitals are:

• University Hospital Limerick– 70
• Cork University Hospital – 60
• University Hospital Waterford – 30
• University Hospital Galway – 30

There were just 11 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Waterford yesterday.