A toddler battling coronavirus is fighting for their life in an intensive care unit at an Irish hospital.
The little one's exact age has not been given, but health officials have confirmed they are under the age of four, making them the youngest patient to be moved to ICU due to Covid-19.
The child's hospitalisation was notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre between Wednesday and Saturday last week.
The gender, exact age or location of the patient has not been released by health officials.
It is also not known whether the youngster has an underlying condition or not.
According to the Irish Mirror a total of three children under the age of 14 have been admitted to ICU with the killer bug since the first case was recorded at the beginning of the year.
Since the pandemic began, 26 kids under the age of four have been hospitalised due to the illness.
The vast majority of coronavirus patients who have required treatment in intensive care have been over the age of 55.
Currently, there are six people with Covid-19 in ICUs across Ireland, while 48 people with the virus are being treated in Irish hospitals.
This is significantly down from the peak in mid-April that saw 881 patients being treated in hospital, and 155 in intensive care.
