A hospital in Ireland with just two confirmed coronavirus cases is treating 61 people who are suspected of having the bug.
University Hospital Waterford and University Hospital Limerick were treating 61 and 60 possible Covid-19 cases on Wednesday night.
This figure in Waterford represents more than 30 times the number of actual confirmed cases of the virus.
However, the hospital was treating no cases in its Intensive Care Unit.
Meanwhile, Limerick was the worst-hit hospital outside of Dublin, with 52 confirmed cases of the bug on site.
Just under 1,000 people were being treated in Irish hospitals for confirmed or suspected coronavirus after a jump of nearly 100 in 24 hours.
Figures from the HSE show there were 994 cases being treated in hospital as of 8pm on Wednesday - 618 confirmed and 376 suspected.
While the number of confirmed patients was down from 651 the night before, the amount of those with suspected Covid-19 soared from 251.
The four hospitals with the country's most confirmed cases on site are in Dublin.
The Mater is treating 105 cases, St James's has 69, Beaumont has 60 and Tallaght Hospital has 59.
The number of people with the virus being treated in Intensive Care Units was 82 on Wednesday night - its lowest level since the end of March. A further 19 suspected cases were also in ICUs.
The news comes after 37 more deaths and 265 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed.
The latest figures released on Wednesday evening bring the death toll in the Republic of Ireland to 1,375 and the total number of confirmed cases to 22,248.
Speaking on Wednesday, Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: "The World Health Organization has advised that a likely future scenario in the dynamic of Covid-19 is recurring epidemic waves interspersed with periods of low-level transmission.
"This means that when Ireland eases social distancing restrictions, we may have periods of time when the numbers of people infected increases significantly.
"This is why it is vitally important that easing of social distancing restrictions is accompanied by a high level of adherence to the fundamental, individual behaviours needed to guard against transmission of the virus.
"We have to adapt our behaviours in order to live safely with COVID-19."
