COVID-19 occupancy 11.78% with Derry hospital 9.67% over capacity
Three more people - one man in his 50s and two in their 60s - were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 yesterday, according to the latest data from the Department of Health.
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At midnight on Wednesday 52 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.
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Hide AdSix (66.67%) out of nine ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; two ICU beds (22.22%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and one bed (11.11%) was free.
Five ICU patients in total were being ventilated - four were COVID-19 patients.
In terms of general occupancy 11.78% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 77.64% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was operating at 9.67% over capacity; 10.57% were ‘awaiting admission.’