Two more COVID-19 deaths in Derry/Strabane takes death toll to 73

By Kevin Mullan

Published 18th Nov 2020, 14:15 BST

Updated 18th Nov 2020, 14:19 BST

Two more people have sadly died after contracting COVID-19.

Two more people have sadly died in Derry and Strabane after testing positive for COVID-19.

The total death toll in the district has risen to 73.

Two men, aged over 80, died in hospital yesterday.

Derry and Strabane has the fifth highest coronavirus death toll by local government district after Belfast (228), Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (93), Antrim and Newtownabbey (83) and Lisburn and Castlereagh (77).