Another death recorded in Derry and Strabane due to COVID-19

Another person has sadly died after testing positive for COVID-19 in Derry and Strabane, according to the latest daily data published by the Department for Health.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 16th Oct 2020, 15:14 BST
Updated 16th Oct 2020, 15:16 BST
Another person has tragically died.Another person has tragically died.
Another person has tragically died.

Fifty people were being treated for COVID-19 in Western Trust hospitals at midnight. That's more than at any time during the first wave in April.

The death of a woman, aged over 80, yesterday in the Derry and Strabane area brings to 26 the total number of people who have died with the illness locally since the pandemic began.

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The seven day COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 people in Derry and Strabane rose slighty from 870.1 to 892 yesterday after a decline between Tuesday and Wednesday.

In total 3,908 people have now tested positive for the illness in Derry and Strabane since the pandemic began.

Between October 9 and October 15, 1,344 people tested positive in the Derry and Strabane area.

The daily change in the cumulative number of patients with a positive test in Derry and Strabane between October 15 and October 16 was 258.

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