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The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Mayo has increased by 170 per cent in the past week, according to the latest figures available at the time of going to print.

Saolta has drawn up a “surge plan” to meet the challenges expected to face the health service as the pandemic peaks - the HSE believes this will take place within the coming days and week. This will see a field hospital at the Bailey Allen Hall at NUI Galway and a self-isolation centre at the Connacht Hotel.

In preparation for the COVID-19 confirmed cases surge, frontline management and staff working persistently and consistently at Portiuncula University Hospital, remain thoroughly focused on the pertinent public health issue which appears to escalate on a daily basis.

The number of intensive care beds at University Hospital Galway is set to more than double as the west’s biggest hospital prepares for the anticipated upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks.

Only “very urgent” inpatient, day surgery, diagnostic, and outpatient appointments are now taking place at Galway University Hospitals [UHG and Merlin Park] and Portiuncula University Hospital in Ballinasloe until further notice.

Portiuncula University Hospital has deferred all but very urgent inpatient, day surgery, diagnostics tests and outpatient appointments from Monday, March 16, until further notice.

The Mayor of Galway city is urging the public to ensure they obtain information about Covid-19 from reliable sources as nationwide efforts are stepped up in the wake of a spike in the number of cases of the virus.

Fears that Portiuncula University Hospital would lose its maternity and emergency department services were allayed this week.

Portiuncula University Hospital spent €307,000 on private ambulances last year, it was revealed this week.