THE Department of Health has announced a further 83 Coronavirus cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
Thats a rise of 19 on figures given yesterday for Sunday.
There has been no further deaths from the deadly virus with the death toll, mostly in hospitals across the North, now at 2,146.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 632 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 20 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the past 24 hours.
Within the past week there have been a further 155 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.
That means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 12,305 positive cases within the council boundary – the fourth highest among all 11 councils in the North.
The rate of infection within the Derry and Strabane council area is now up to 102.9 cases per 100,000, the highest in the North of Ireland.
The Department has recorded a total of 136 coronavirus deaths within the Derry and Strabane council area to date – the third lowest out of all councils here.
Bed occupancy across all hospitals is now at 100 per cent.
There are currently 62 patients in hospital with Coronavirus, seven of whom are being treated in intensive care with five patients on ventilators.
Five care homes are now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak with a further 651 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
