Five admitted to Altnagelvin with 1.95% capacity left

Five more people were admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 over the weekend with 104 patients being treated across all Western Trust hospitals at midnight last night.
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On Friday a man and a woman, both aged between 70 and 79, were admitted to the Derry hospital.

On Saturday a woman aged between 40 and 49 and a man aged between 50 and 59 were admitted and on Sunday there was a further admission of a woman aged between 70 and 79.

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At midnight on Sunday 104 patients were being treated as coronavirus patients in Western Trust hospitals.

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Five of 16 (31.25%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; six (37.5%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and five (31.25%) were free.

In terms of general occupancy 16.71% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 77.16% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 1.95% capacity left in the system: 4.18% were ‘awaiting admission.’

Five ICU patients in total were being ventilated - one was a COVID-19 patient and four were non-COVID-19 patients.

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