THE Department of Health has reported a further 105 Coronavirus cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
That’s a rise of 24 on figures given on yesterday for Monday.
There has been no further deaths in the past 24 hours from the virus with the death toll, mostly in hospitals across the North, remaining at 2,154.
For the second time since last August, there are currently no patients in intensive care units being treated for Coronavirus.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 585 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 19 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, that is a rise of ten on figures given yesterday for Monday.
Over the past seven days there have been a further 103 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.
This means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 12,860 positive cases within the council boundary – the third highest among all 11 councils in the North.
The rate of infection within the Derry and Strabane council area has now risen to 68.4 cases per 100,000, still 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 up to 104 per cent.
There are currently 18 patients in hospital with Coronavirus.
There are no patient being treated in intensive care and no patients are on ventilators.
Just one care home is now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak with a further 658 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
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