No COVID-19 patients in ICU in Derry; no admissions yesterday; 3.31% bed capacity available at Derry hospital

There were no new SARS-CoV-2 admission at Altnagelvin yesterday.

At midnight on Thursday 12 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

COVID-19 death tally in Derry remains at 195, according to PHA weekly figures

No ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat a COVID-19 patient; four of ten ICU beds (40%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and six (60%) were free.

Two ICU patients in total were being ventilated - both were non-COVID-19 patients.

Derry COVID-19 positivity rises week-on-week to 7.3% and is highest in the north

In terms of general occupancy 2.41% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 91.87% were ‘other occupied’ and there was 3.31% capacity left in the hospital system; 2.41% were ‘awaiting admission.’

It is a month since a patient died after testing positive for COVID-19 in Derry/Strabane.