Altnagelvin has 3.63% capacity to spare while total COVID-19 occupancy at Derry hospital is just 2.42%

Altnagelvin has 3.63 per cent capacity left in the system while the total COVID-19 occupancy at the Derry hospital remains low at 2.42 per cent.

At midnight on Thursday 21 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

Three of 10 (30%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; five (50%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and two (20%) were free.

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Six ICU patients in total were being ventilated - two were COVID-19 patient and four were non-COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 2.42% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 9.33% were ‘other occupied’ and there was 3.63% capacity left in the system; 3.63 % were ‘awaiting admission.’

There have been no further deaths.

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