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Four more deaths, 2,954 new cases in North

written by cassoscoop January 14, 2022
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THE Department of Health has reported four further Covid-19-related deaths in the past 24 hours in the North of Ireland.

Deaths are measured by recording those who died within 28 days of receiving a positive result in a test for Coronavirus.

The total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in North of Ireland recorded by the Department of Health since the start of the pandemic is at 3,035.

None of these latest deaths was recorded in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.

Today’s data from the Department of Health shows there has been a further 2,954 positive cases of Coronavirus in the North of Ireland, a fall of 26 on figures given yesterday for Wednesday.

It includes cases confirmed from samples taken in previous days, not necessarily just in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

As of today, the number of positive cases confirmed in the past seven days was 23,108.

The statistics show that in the past 24 hours there has been a further 206 Covid-19 cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, a fall of 41 on figures given yesterday for Wednesday.

Over the past seven days, there were 2,001 cases recorded in the Derry and Strabane Council area.

The infection rates within Derry and Strabane is now the third highest of all councils in the North of Ireland with 1,324.4 cases per 100,000.

Bed occupancy across all hospitals is now down to 105 per cent.

The Department of Health records that 194 people (mostly in hospitals) have died from Coronavirus in the Derry City and Strabane Council area.

There are currently 402 patients with Covid-19 in hospital here.

There are 30 patients with Covid-19 being treated in intensive care units, with 25 people on ventilators.

There are 49 people being treated in Altnagelvin Hospital with Coronavirus with six people in intensive care.

The figures show that 12.61 per cent of beds in Altnagelvin Hospital are occupied by people with Coronavirus and it is running at 4.87 per cent over capacity for beds.

The Department of Health reports that 215 care homes in the North of Ireland are dealing with an outbreak of Coronavirus, with 1,045 closed cases of Covid-19 in care homes here.

In the Western Trust area, 41 of its 68 care homes are now dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak.

A total of 3,602,749 vaccines for Covid-19 had been administered in the North of Ireland as of Friday.

Of that total, 1,407,989 were first doses, 1,302,751 were second doses and the remaining were third doses.

There have been 872,645 booster vaccines delivered.

Four more deaths, 2,954 new cases in North was last modified: January 14th, 2022 by cassoscoop

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