Man aged over 80 dies with COVID-19 bringing total toll in Derry to 136; two women, aged under 50, admitted to Altnagelvin

A man aged over 80 has sadly died with COVID-19 in hospital in Derry and Strabane bringing the death toll locally to 136 since the pandemic began.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 22nd Apr 2021, 14:42 BST
Updated 23rd Apr 2021, 09:52 BST
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The death, which occurred on Wednesday, was the first coronavirus associated death in the Derry and Strabane area in several weeks.

Two women - one aged 20 to 39 and the other in her 40s - were admitted to the Derry hospital with coronavirus on Wednesday.

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At midnight on Wednesday 20 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

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Just two of 10 (20%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; five (50%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and three (30%) were free.

Six ICU patients in total were being ventilated - two were COVID-19 patient and four were non-COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 2.14% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 92.35% were ‘other occupied’ and there was 0.61% capacity left in the system; 4.89 % were ‘awaiting admission.’

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