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Four more deaths, 1,464 new cases in North

written by cassoscoop November 29, 2021
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THE Department of Health has reported a further 1,464 new cases in the North of Ireland in the past 24 hours.

That’s a rise of 59 on figures given yesterday for Saturday.

There have been four further Covid-19-related deaths (none outside the current reporting period), with the total to date since the start of the pandemic (mostly in hospitals) now at 2,873.

Sadly, one of these latest deaths over was recorded in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area over the weekend.

In the past week, the Department has recorded 11,643 new cases of Coronavirus.

There has been a further 96 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, a fall of 22 on numbers given on Friday for Thursday.

Over the past seven days there have been a further 710 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area.

This means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 29,778 positive cases within the council boundary.

The rate of infection within the Derry and Strabane Council area has fallen slightly to 469.3 cases per 100,000 – still the lowest rate of all 11 councils in the North.

The Department has to date recorded a total of 185 Coronavirus deaths within the Derry and Strabane council area to date – the lowest out of all councils here.

Bed occupancy across all hospitals is now down to 100 per cent.

There are currently 340 patients in hospitals across the North with Coronavirus.

There are 33 patients being treated in intensive care with 24 patients on ventilators.

The Western Trust reports that 9.94 per cent of beds in Altnagelvin Hospital are COVID-19 occupied with staff treating 30 patients with Coronavirus.

Two of these patients are currently being treated in Altnagelvin’s ICU for COVID-19.

The hospital is currently running at 3.31 per cent under capacity for beds.

A total of 32 care homes are now dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak with a further 988 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.

Ten out of 68 residential care homes in the Western Trust area are still dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak.

To date, a total of 3,012,036 Coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the North.

Four more deaths, 1,464 new cases in North was last modified: November 29th, 2021 by cassoscoop

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