One more COVID-19 admission to Altnagelvin

One woman aged over 80 was admitted to Altnagelvin with coroanvirus on Tuesday, according to figures released by the Department of Health this afternoon.
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At midnight on Tuesday 42 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across Western Trust hospitals.

Four of 12 (33.33%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; six (50%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and two (16.67%) were free.

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Eight ICU patients in total were being ventilated - four were COVID-19 patients and four non-COVID-19 patients.

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In terms of general occupancy 8.23% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 84.76% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 4.57% capacity left in the system: 2.44% were ‘awaiting admission.’

No more deaths have been recorded locally.