COVID hospital occupancy at lowest point in four months; 3.31% capacity left at Altnagelvin

Five people were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 over the weekend, according to figures released by the Department of Health this afternoon.
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Their age ranges were as follows: 20-39 (one patient), 40 to 49 (one patient), 60-69 (one patient), 70-79 (one patient) and over 80 (one patient).

Figures show 49 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals at midnight on Sunday.

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This is the lowest point it has been in four months. The last time the figure was lower was on July 22 (47).

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Two (16.67%) out of twelve ICU beds were occupied by patients with COVID-19; four (33.33%) were occupied by non-COVID-19 patients; and six (50%) beds were free.

Four patients were being ventilated - two were COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 9.94% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 83.15% were ‘other occupied’ and there was 3.31% capacity left at the hospital; 3.59% were ‘awaiting admission.’