THE Department of Health has reported a further 1,472 cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
That’s a rise of 159 on figures given yesterday for Monday.
There have been a further nine deaths in the past 24 hours (two outside the current reporting period) bringing the the total number of deaths here linked to Covid-19 (mostly in hospitals) since the start of the pandemic to 2,373.
Sadly, one these latest deaths was recorded in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 10,378 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 118 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, a fall of 12 on figures given yesterday for Monday.
Over the past seven days there have been a further 1,165 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.
This means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 21,885 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 fallen to 770.1 cases per 100,000, still the second highest of all 11 council districts in the North of Ireland.
The Department has now recorded a total of 156 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 108 per cent.
There are currently 418 patients in hospitals across the North with Coronavirus.
There are 46 patients being treated in intensive care with 37 patients on ventilators.
The Western Trust reports that 16.77 per cent of beds in Altnagelvin Hospital are COVID-19 occupied with staff treating 55 patients with Coronavirus.
Four of those patients are currently being treated in Altnagelvin’s ICU for COVID-19 – that’s 40 per cent of its ICU beds treating patients with the deadly virus.
The hospital is currently running at 8.38 per cent above capacity.
A total of 131 care homes are now dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak with a further 740 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
A total of 22 out of 70 residential care homes in the Western Trust area are now dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak.
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