COVID-19 occupancy at Derry hospital at 5.97%

COVID-19 occupancy at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry is now at 5.97%, according to the latest data released this afternoon.

At midnight on Thursday 24 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

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

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Altnagelvin Hospital

Two ICU patients in total were being ventilated - both were non-COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 5.97% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 89.62% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was operating at 0.94% over capacity; 3.46% were ‘awaiting admission.’

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