Three people in their 20s and 30s admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 this week

Three people in their 20s and 30s admitted with COVID-19 over two days.

Sixty-six coronavirus patients were being treated in Western Trust hospitals at midnight on Wednesday.

Yesterday two people who had tested positive for COVID-19 were admitted to the Derry hospital: one was aged between 20 and 39, the other between 60 and 79.

And on Tuesday six people were admitted. Two were aged between 20 and 39, one was aged between 40 and 59, and three were aged between 60 and 79. One of the patients in the latter age bracket was discharged on the same day.

Of nine ICU beds at Altnagelvin four (44.44 per cent) were being used to treat COVID-19 patients, four (44.44 per cent) were being used to treat non-COVID-19 patients; and one (11.11 per cent) ICU bed was unoccupied.

Three ICU patients in total were being ventilated - one was a coronavirus patient and two were non-COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 14.49 per cent of beds at Altnagelvin were 'COVID-19 occupied', 71.02 per cent were 'other occupied' and the hospital now has 9.94 per cent capacity left in the system; 4.55 per cent was classified as awaiting admission.

The South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, is now operating at 10.65 per cent over capacity.