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Coronavirus: 649 more cases in North from COVID-19, one further death in Derry

written by cassoscoop October 31, 2020
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THE Department of Health has reported a further 649 positive cases for Coronavirus in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.

That’s a rise of 83 on figures the Department released yesterday for Thursday.

There has been 11 further deaths (four outside this reporting period), with the department’s total number of deaths, mostly in hospitals, now at 708.

Sadly, one of the deaths was reported in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.

A total of 38,541 people have now tested positive in the North of Ireland to COVID-19 since the pandemic erupted here in March this year.

The Department says 346 people are in hospital with the deadly virus.

A total of 48 patients are in intensive care units with confirmed Coronavirus, 41 of whom are on ventilators.

Bed occupany across all hospitals is now at 96 per cent.

In the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, a total of 5,475 people have tested positive for Coronavirus in the past seven months.

In the past 24 hours, a further 56 people in Derry and Strabane have returned a positive test, a fall of 15 on the previous day.

Over the last week, 546 people within the council boundary have contracted the virus.

Six people have returned indeterminate test results.

The positive test rate in the council area is now at 3,674 per 100,000 of population, according to the new figures.

This is the highest of any of the 11 councils in the North of Ireland.

The Department of Health has recorded 47 deaths in hospitals in the Derry City and Strabane District Council since the pandemic broke out here in March.

A total of 109 care homes are dealing with outbreaks of the virus with 235 closed outbreaks of COVID-19 in care homes.

Coronavirus: 649 more cases in North from COVID-19, one further death in Derry was last modified: October 31st, 2020 by cassoscoop

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