COVID-19 rate rises again on Derry cityside while Waterside prevalence drops
Between April 17 and April 18 there were 120 SARS-CoV-2 cases on the cityside (BT48) giving a rate per 100,000 of 197.2, a large rise from a figure of 126.5 per 100,000 for the April 5 to April 11 period that was registered last week.
In the BT47 postal area - the Waterside to Dungiven - there were 25 positive tests over the same weekly period giving a rate per 100,000 of 40.4, down slightly from the figure of 50.1 this time last week.
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Hide AdIn Strabane (BT82) there were 21 cases giving a prevalence rate of 78.1 cases per 100,000. This was no change from last week.
In Castlederg (BT81) there were two COVID-19 case giving a rate per 100,000 of 25.3.
The cityside of Derry is the second worst affected area after the sparsely populated border area of Augher (BT77; 382.2 per 100,000).