Oct 1 (Reuters) - Universal Health Services said on Thursday that its network is "being restored" after a malware incident knocked out its main IT system for five days.

In a statement, the healthcare group said it was confident its hospital networks would be "restored and reconnected soon." It provided no precise timetable but said that, as far as its corporate-level administrative systems were concerned, "the recovery process is either complete or well underway in a prioritized manner." (Reporting by Raphael Satter; Editing by Leslie Adler)