Western Trust COVID patient tally falls to 8 - its lowest level since September 20

There were no new COVID-19 admissions to Altnagelvin on Thursday.

Derry COVID-19 positivity (6.7%) is highest in the north

At midnight on Thursday 8 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

Two of 10 (20%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; six (60%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and two (20%) were free.

No further COVID-19 deaths registered in Derry, according to PHA weekly figures

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

In terms of general occupancy 1.49% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 88.99% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was 1.79% over capacity; 9.52% were ‘awaiting admission.’

COVID-19 rate falls again in BT48 with slight rise in BT47

There have been no further deaths.