THE Department of Health has announced a further 65 Coronavirus cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
Thats a fall of 37 on figures given yesterday for Wednesday.
There has been one further death from the deadly virus with the death toll, mostly in hospitals across the North, now at 2,147.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 599 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 13 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the past 24 hours, a fall of of eight on the previous day.
Over the past seven days there have been a further 133 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.
That means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 12,339 positive cases within the council boundary – the fourth highest among all 11 councils in the North.
The rate of infection within the Derry and Strabane council area is now at 88.3 cases per 100,000, 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 down to 100 per cent from 103 per cent previously
There are currently 62 patients in hospital with Coronavirus.
Six patients are being treated in intensive care with three patients on ventilators.
Five care homes are now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak with a further 652 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
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