Decline in COVID-19 case rate in Derry/Strabane continues to stall

Between October 30 and November 5, 454 people tested positive in the Derry and Strabane area giving a case rate per 100,000 of 301.3.

Up until Tuesday the seven day case rate for the district had been falling steadily from a very high level for a number of weeks, however, that trend has now stalled.

For example, between October 27 and November 2 the rate was 298.7, between October 28 and November 3 it was 300, and between October 29 and November 4 it was 302. Now at 301.3 it's been largely static over several days.

The daily change in the cumulative number of patients with a positive test in Derry and Strabane between November 4 and November 5 was 69.

In total 5855 people have now tested positive for the illness in Derry and Strabane.