COVID-19 occupancy 10.70% with seven more SARS-CoV-2 admissions at Derry hospital

Four men and three women were admitted to the Derry hospital on Tuesday after having tested positive with SARS-CoV-2.

The age breakdown of the seven new admissions was as follows: 0-59, (3), 70-79 (1) and over 80 (3).

BT48 and BT47 COVID-19 rates still high but Belfast postcodes now posting rates above 1,000 per 100,000

At midnight on Tuesday 56 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

Six (75%) out of eight ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; two ICU beds (25%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and no beds were free.

Six ICU patients in total were being ventilated - four were COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 10.70% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 78.90% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was operating at 8.87% over capacity; 10.40% were ‘awaiting admission.’