Two more Altnagelvin COVID-19 admissions with 30 patients across Western Trust

Two more people have been admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Department of Health.
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Two women - one aged 20 to 39 and the other in her 70s - were admitted with SARS-CoV-2 on Wednesday.

It brings to 15 the total number of COVID-19 admissions at the Derry hospital since last Friday.

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At midnight on Wednesday 30 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; eight of nine ICU beds (88.89%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and one bed (11.11%) was free.

Three ICU patients in total were being ventilated - all were non-COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 5.92% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 87.23% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was operating at 0.62% over capacity; 6.85% were ‘awaiting admission.’

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