Derry/Strabane COVID-19 rate falls below the average for the north as Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon rate rises

The seven-day case rate of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in Derry and Strabane has fallen below the average for the north as a whole.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 13th Nov 2020, 16:25 BST
Updated 13th Nov 2020, 16:26 BST
The rate of COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane has fallen below the average for the north.The rate of COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane has fallen below the average for the north.
The rate of COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane has fallen below the average for the north.

Between November 6 and November 12, 304 people tested positive in the Derry and Strabane area giving a case rate per 100,000 of 201.8.

It's the lowest point the rate has been at since Saturday, September 26, seven weeks ago tomorrow.

The average across the north is now 206.2.

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Three districts in the north are now recording higher rates than Derry and Strabane. These are Causeway Coast and Glens (348.7), Mid Ulster (244) and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (226.5).

The daily change in the cumulative number of patients with a positive test in Derry and Strabane between November 11 and November 12 was 44.

In total 6,156 people have now tested positive for the illness in Derry and Strabane.

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