Altnagelvin operating 2.35% over capacity with COVID-19 occupancy at 3.82%

Yesterday a woman in her fifties was admitted to Altnagelvin with SARS-CoV-2.

Six people have been admitted to Altnagelvin with the illness over the past six days.

A man in his fifties and a woman in her forties were admitted to the Derry hospital on Friday, a man in his 70s was taken in on Sunday, a woman in her forties was admitted on Monday and on Tuesday a woman in her fifties was admitted.

At midnight on Wednesday 18 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

Significant rise in COVID-19 rate in BT48 and BT47 postcode areas of Derry

No ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; six of nine ICU beds (66.67%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and three beds (33.33%) were free.

Three ICU patients in total were being ventilated - all were non-COVID-19 patients.

Derry COVID-19 positivity rises to 15.6%

In terms of general occupancy 3.82% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 91.18% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was operating at 2.35% over capacity; 5% were ‘awaiting admission.’

There have been no more deaths of patients with COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane. There have been 136 SARS-CoV-2 deaths in Derry/Strabane since the pandemic began. No-one has died locally since April.