Ireland is facing an overcrowding crisis in hospitals - and things are not being helped by a rise in the number of people suffering from flu, pneumonia, strep-related issues and chest infections.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) release weekly data referring to the infectious diseases that are recorded.
For example, there have been 13 cases of the mumps recorded in 2022, and one case of tetanus.
But while those statistics are low, some of the most common diseases are all rising.
This is not helping with Ireland trolley crisis either.
Here's the latest from the HPSC.
Flu
206 people caught and were diagnosed with flu, bringing the total number of cases in the first 13 weeks of the year past the 1,500 mark to 1,624.
Interestingly, that's a rise of 1,624 on this time last year - suggesting that people may have been wary of going to doctors with flu symptoms in 2021.
Pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae infection - which leads to pnuemonia - was found in eight new patients last week, with around about seven people a week now catching it per week.
The latest data shows that cases have more than doubled than April of 2021.
Norovirus
Noroviral infections have shot up too, with 150 more cases than this period in 2021.
Non-bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain are all big symptoms of the virus, which could even lead to gasteronitis.
RSV
And though three were only three new cases, the number of people suffering with respiratory syncytial virus infection is also on the rise, with 347 infections so far in 2022, compared to just six in 2021.
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