70 people being treated in Western Trust hospitals as COVID-19 patients
Two people were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 yesterday and seventy people were being treated as coronavirus patients in Western Trust hospitals at midnight.
One of the patients admitted to Altnagelvin yesterday was aged between 40 and 59 while the other was aged over 80.
Seven people were being treated in ICU at Altnagelvin.
Four of ten (50%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; three (37.5%) were occupied by patients with other conditions; and one (12.5%) ICU bed was free.
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Hide AdThree ICU patients in total were being ventilated - one was a COVID-19 patient and two were non-COVID-19 patients.
A breakdown of general occupancy shows 17.03 per cent of beds at Altnagelvin were 'COVID-19 occupied', 78.02 per cent were 'other occupied' and the hospital has 2.48 per cent capacity left in the system; 2.48 per cent was listed as 'awaiting admission'.