Over 100 people with COVID are being treated in Hospitals in the Shannonside Northern Sound region today.
A total of 32 people with Covid are in beds at Galway University Hospital - the highest figure in the country.
Our Lady of Lourdes hospital is also treating the second-highest number of Covid patients in the Republic of Ireland with 27 people affected by Covid and requiring specialist medical treatment.
18 people are under medical supervision at Sligo University hospital, with 9 in Tullamore hospital, eight in Cavan, 7 in Mullingar and six at Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
1,866 new cases have been detected in the Republic, with 314 covid patients in hospital, including 61 in ICU.