No Altnagelvin COVID-19 admissions since weekend; hospital 1.95% over capacity

Figures show 58 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals at midnight on Tuesday.

Five (45.45%) out of eleven ICU beds at Altnagelvin were occupied by patients with COVID-19; three (27.27%) were occupied by non-COVID-19 patients; and three (27.27%) beds were free.

Six patients were being ventilated - four were COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 9.47% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 85.24% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was 1.95% over capacity; 5.29% were ‘awaiting admission.’