THE Department of Health has reported a further 107 Coronavirus cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
That’s a rise of three on figures given yesterday for Monday.
There has been no further deaths from the virus with the death toll, mostly in hospitals across the North, now at 2,152.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 614 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 13 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, down four on figures released yesterday for Monday.
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 12,591 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 down to 88.3 cases per 100,000, but still 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 remains at 102 per cent.
There are currently 37 patients in hospital with Coronavirus.
Two patients are being treated in intensive care with two patients on ventilators.
Four care homes are now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak with a further 654 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
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