Derry COVID-19 rate falls to 454.8 cases per 100,000

The Derry/Strabane seven day COVID-19 rate has fallen to 454.8 cases per 100,000.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Sep 2021, 14:51 BST
Updated 17th Sep 2021, 14:57 BST
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Between September 10 and September 16, there were 688 cases giving a seven day rate of 454.8 per 100,000, down from 477.9 on Thursday.

Fermanagh/Omagh (574.1), Lisburn and Castlereagh (538.3) and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (536.5) all have higher rates than Derry/ Strabane.

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Antrim and Newtownabbey (376.3), Ards and North Down (380.9), Mid and East Antrim (401.4), Newry, Mourne and Down (405.8), Belfast (429.4), Mid Ulster (464.6), and Causeway Coast and Glens (440.5) all have lower rates than Derry/Strabane.

The average rate for the north is 457.4.

The daily change in the cumulative number of patients with a positive test in Derry and Strabane between September 15 and September 16 was 108.

In total 23,981 people have now tested positive for the illness in Derry and Strabane.

A breakdown of the number of vaccinations by postcode shows that 81,474 have been administered in BT48 and 82,992 have been administered in BT47 - 164,466 in total in Derry.

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