One person admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 at the weekend

A woman aged 20 to 39 was the only person admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 over the weekend.
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She was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and discharged on Sunday.

At midnight on Sunday 56 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across Western Trust hospitals. This is as low as it has been since October 13.

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Six of 16 (37.5%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; four (25%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and six (37.5%) were free.

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

In terms of general occupancy 10.84% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 78.31% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 6.02% capacity left in the system: 4.82% were ‘awaiting admission.’