COVID-19 occupancy at Altnagelvin in Derry at 13.90%

Three more people were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 yesterday, according to the latest data from the Department of Health.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

A woman in her 40s and two men - one in his 50s and one aged over 80 - were admitted to the Derry hospital on Tuesday.

At midnight on Tuesday 51 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

Altnagelvin HospitalAltnagelvin Hospital
Altnagelvin Hospital
Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Seven (77.78%) out of nine ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; two ICU beds (22.22%) were occupied by patient with other conditions. No beds were free.

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

In terms of general occupancy 13.90% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 79.76% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 2.11% capacity left in the system; 4.23% were ‘awaiting admission.’