THE Department of Health has reported a further 1,467 Coronavirus cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
That’s a rise of 162 cases on figures given yesterday for Monday.
There has been three further deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours with the death toll, mostly in hospitals across the North, now at 2,233.
Sadly, one of these latest deaths was recorded in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 9,230 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 143 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, a fall of of two on figures given yesterday for Monday.
Over the past seven days there have been a further 946 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.
This means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 18,149 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 risen sharply to 624.7 cases per 100,000, the second highest of the 11 council districts in the North of Ireland.
The Department has now recorded a total of 146 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 321 patients in hospitals across the North with Coronavirus.
There are 40 patients being treated in intensive care with 31 patients on ventilators.
The Western Trust reports that 13.21 per cent of beds in Altnagelvin Hospital are treating patients with Coronavirus.
Five patients are currently being treated in Altnagelvin’s ICU for COVID-19 – that’s half of its ICU beds treating patients with the deadly virus.
A total of 117 care homes are now dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak with a further 684 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
Twelve care homes in the Western Trust area are currently dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak.
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