Altnagelvin has 0.59% capacity left after two more COVID-19 admissions

Two people - including a woman aged 20 to 39 - were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 yesterday with 0.59 per cent capacity left at the hospital.
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The other patient was a man aged between 50 and 59.

At midnight on Monday 91 patients were being treated as coronavirus patients in Western Trust hospitals.

Man, aged over 80, dies in hospital with COVID-19Four of 15 (26.67%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; five (33.33%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and six (40%) were free.

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In terms of general occupancy 17.46% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 77.81% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 0.59% capacity left in the system: 4.14% were ‘awaiting admission.’

Three ICU patients in total were being ventilated - one was a COVID-19 patient and two were non-COVID-19 patients.