Although one intensive care unit has been Covid-free for the last 15 days.
Cases of coronavirus in midlands hospitals have risen over the weekend.
20 people are being treated for the virus today, up from 15 on Friday.
The intensive care unit in Mullingar Regional Hospital remains covid-free, with two covid patients in a critical condition in Tullamore and in Portlaoise.
There are no available ICU beds in the midlands today.
Nationally, there are 227 covid patients in hospital, with 50 in ICU.
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