Eleven more COVID-19 admissions to Altnagelvin at the weekend

Eleven more people - six women and five men- were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 over the weekend, according to the latest data from the Department of Health.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 9th Aug 2021, 15:36 BST
Updated 9th Aug 2021, 15:42 BST
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There were five admission to the Derry hospital on Saturday, August 7, and six admissions yesterday.

The age ranges were as follows: 20-39 (2 patients), 50-59 (4 patients), 60-69 (2 patients) and 70-79 (3 patients).

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At midnight on Sunday 52 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

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Six (60%) out of ten ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; three ICU bed (30%) were occupied by patients with other conditions; and one (10%) bed was free.

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

In terms of general occupancy 11.64% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 80.19% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 5.03% capacity left in the system; 3.14% were ‘awaiting admission.’

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