Western Trust COVID-19 inpatients at lowest level since October 15

Three more people were admitted to Altnagelvin over the weekend. A woman aged 20 to 39 was admitted to the hospital on Friday. A woman aged 50 to 59 and man aged over 80 were admitted on Saturday.

At midnight on Sunday 66 patients were being treated as COVID-19 inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals. The last time it was lower was on October 15 (64).

Death of Derry COVID-19 patient aged 60 to 79 registered by DoH

Four of 16 (25%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; six (37.75%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and six (37.75%) were free, according to Department of Health figures released this afternoon.

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

In terms of general occupancy 10.53% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 78.67% were ‘other occupied’ and there was 3.32% capacity left in the hospital system: 7.48% were ‘awaiting admission.’