Three women admitted with COVID-19 to Altnagelvin with 7.06% capacity left at hospital

They were aged in their 50s, 60s and 70s.

At midnight on Thursday 39 people were being treated as coronavirus inpatients across Western Trust hospitals.

Four of 12 (33.33%) ICU beds at Altnagelvin were being used to treat COVID-19 patients; five (41.67%) were occupied by patients with other conditions and three (25%) were free.

Five ICU patients in total were being ventilated - three were COVID-19 patients and two were non-COVID-19 patients.

In terms of general occupancy 7.06% of beds at Altnagelvin were ‘COVID-19 occupied’, 82.21% were ‘other occupied’ and the hospital had 9.82% capacity left in the system: 0.92% were ‘awaiting admission.’

No more deaths have been recorded locally. There have been no deaths in Derry/Strabane in more than a week.