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Four more deaths, 263 new cases in North

written by cassoscoop May 19, 2022
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THE Department of Health has reported four further Covid-19-related deaths 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 DoH say that none of these latest deaths were recorded outside the current reporting period.

The total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in the North of Ireland recorded by the Department of Health since the start of the pandemic is at 3,445.

Sadly, one 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 263 cases in the North of Ireland over the past 24 hours, a fall of 69 on figures given yesterday for Tuesday.

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 1,771.

The statistics show there has been a further 17 Covid-19 cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the past 24 hours, a rise of six on figures given yesterday for Tuesday.

Over the past seven days, there were 97 recorded cases in the Derry and Strabane Council area.

The infection rates within Derry and Strabane is now the third lowest of all 11 councils in the North of Ireland with 64 cases per 100,000.

Bed occupancy across all hospitals is now up to 106 per cent.

The Department of Health now records that 225 people (mostly in hospitals) have died from Coronavirus in the Derry City and Strabane Council area.

There are currently 217 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals here.

There are three patients with Covid-19 being treated in intensive care units with two people on ventilators.

There are 18 people in Altnagelvin Hospital being treated for Coronavirus with one person in intensive care

The figures show that 4.41 per cent of beds in Altnagelvin Hospital are occupied by people with Coronavirus with the hospital running at 6.34 per cent over capacity for beds.

The Department of Health reports that 48 care homes in the North of Ireland are dealing with an outbreak of Coronavirus, with 1,565 closed cases of Covid-19 in care homes here.

In the Western Trust area, 15 of its 67 care homes are dealing with a Coronavirus outbreak.

A total of 3,891,101 vaccines have been administered to date across the North of Ireland as of Wednesday.

Of those figures, more than one million booster and third dose vaccinations have now been administered in the North of Ireland to date.

Four more deaths, 263 new cases in North was last modified: May 19th, 2022 by cassoscoop

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