One COVID-19 patient admitted at Altnagelvin

One person - a man over 80 - was admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to figures released by the Department of Health this afternoon.

By Kevin Mullan

Published 22nd Dec 2021, 15:38 BST

Updated 22nd Dec 2021, 15:40 BST

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Figures show 37 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals at midnight on Tuesday.

Six (54.55%) out of 11 ICU beds at Altnagelvin were occupied by patients with COVID-19; four (36.36%) were occupied by non-COVID-19 patients; and one (9.09%) bed was free.

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Eight patients were being ventilated - five were COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 6.13% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 86.07% were ‘other occupied’ and there was 1.67% capacity left in the hospital system; 6.13% were ‘awaiting admission.’

Covid-19 Altnagelvin Department of Health ICU Western Trust