Altnagelvin still 4.62% over capacity but COVID-19 occupancy at Derry hospital is low

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

COVID-19 rate continues to rise in BT48 and BT47 post code areas of Derry

No ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; ten of ten ICU beds (100%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and none were free.

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

Derry COVID-19 positivity static at 10.5% with no rise week-on-week

In terms of general occupancy 0.58% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 92.49% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was a substantial 4.62% over capacity; 6.94% were ‘awaiting admission.’

There have been no further deaths of patients with COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane: 136 people have died with COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane since the pandemic began.