A MOBILE Covid test centre has opened today in Derry’s Waterside area.
The facility will be based in the grounds of Glendermott Church at Church Brae.
There is currently a mobile test centre operating at Templemore Sports Complex in Derry.
The mobile test centres are open from 9am to 3pm and can be booked in the normal way.
In the most recent figures given for the Derry City and Strabane District Council on Friday for the previous 24 hours, there was a further 47 positive cases, a fall of nine on figures given for Wednesday.
Over the previous seven days there had been a further 226 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.
This means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 13,121 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 now risen up to 150 cases per 100,000, the highest of any council in the North of Ireland.
The Department has recorded to date a total of 136 coronavirus deaths within the Derry and Strabane council area to date – the third lowest out of all councils here.
