1.86% capacity left at Altnagelvin with SWAH Enniskillen operating 13.21% over capacity

Three more people were admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital on Monday after testing positive for coroanvirus.
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Two were aged between 40 and 59 and one was aged over 80.

At midnight on Monday 66 people were being treated as COVID-19 patients in Western Trust hospitals.

Of nine ICU beds at Altnagelvin, three (33.33 per cent) were being used to treat COVID-19 patients, three (33.33 per cent) were being used to treat non-COVID-19 patients; and three (33.33 per cent) of ICU beds were unoccupied.

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Four ICU patients in total were being ventilated - two were coronavirus patients and two had other conditions.

In terms of general occupancy 16.10 per cent of beds at Altnagelvin were 'COVID-19 occupied', 77.71 per cent were 'other occupied' and the hospital now has just 1.86 per cent capacity left in the system; 4.33 per cent was classified as awaiting admission.

The Western Trust's other main hospital, the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, is now operating at 13.21 per cent over capacity.