Derry COVID-19 rate rises again to 80.3 cases per 100,000

Altnagelvin 4.17% over capacity but COVID-19 occupancy is 2.98% and no new SARs-CoV-2 admissions

Between April 23 and April 29, there were 121 cases giving a seven day rate of 80.3 cases per 100,000, up from 69 yesterday.

Derry Strabane is posting the highest SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in the north following the increase.

Derry & Strabane COVID-19 death toll rises to 194; 13% of all deaths since pandemic began, says NISRA

Ards and North Down (5), Lisburn and Castlereagh (15.8), Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (16.8), Belfast (27.5), Newry, Mourne and Down (27.7), Mid and East Antrim (29.6), Causeway Coast and Glens (34), Antrim and Newtownabbey (41.4), Fermanagh and Omagh (47.9) and Mid Ulster (67.8) all have lower rates than Derry/Strabane.

The average rate for the north is 34.7.

Derry/Strabane COVID-19 positivity rate falls to roughly 5 per cent and is no longer highest in the north

The daily change in the cumulative number of patients with a positive test in Derry and Strabane between April 28 and April 29 was 28.

In total 12,227 people have now tested positive for the illness in Derry and Strabane.

COVID-19 rate falls in BT48 but prevalence on cityside is six times that in the Waterside of Derry

A new breakdown of the number vaccinations by postcode shows that 41,615 have been administered in BT48 and 45,197 have been administered in BT47 - 86,812 in total in Derry.