Western Trust midnight COVID-19 patient tally at lowest level in 231 days

The number of COVID-19 inpatients at midnight in Western Trust hospitals has fallen to just 12 - the lowest point in many, many months.
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The last time the figure was as low was on September 23 last year.

One more person - a man in his 70s - was admitted to Altnagelvin on Tuesday.

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But as referred to above, at midnight on Tuesday, just 12 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals.

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Two of 11 (18.18%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; six (54.55%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and three (27.27%) were free.

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

In terms of general occupancy 2.68% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 90.18% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was 0.89% over capacity; 7.14% were ‘awaiting admission.’

There have been no further deaths.