One COVID-19 patient admitted to Altnagelvin; hospital 7.63% over capacity

One person - a woman aged 20 to 39 - was admitted to Altnagelvin with COVID-19 yesterday, according to figures released by the Department of Health this afternoon.
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Figures show 45 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across all Western Trust hospitals at midnight on Wednesday.

Six (46.15%) out of 13 ICU beds at Altnagelvin were occupied by patients with COVID-19; seven (53.85%) were occupied by non-COVID-19 patients; and no beds were free.

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Eight patients were being ventilated - six were COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 9.04% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 80.79% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital was 7.63% over capacity; 10.17% were ‘awaiting admission.’

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