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No further deaths, 262 new cases in North

written by cassoscoop May 20, 2022
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THE Department of Health has reported no 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 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.

Today’s data from the Department of Health shows there has been a further 262 cases in the North of Ireland over the past 24 hours, a fall of one 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 1,819.

The statistics show there has been a further 14 Covid-19 cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the past 24 hours, a fall of three on figures given yesterday for Wednesday.

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 at 103 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 205 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals here.

There are two patients with Covid-19 being treated in intensive care units with one person on a ventilator.

There are 15 people in Altnagelvin Hospital being treated for Coronavirus with one person in intensive care.

The figures show that 4.13 per cent of beds in Altnagelvin Hospital are occupied by people with Coronavirus with the hospital running at 4.96 per cent over capacity for beds.

The Department of Health reports that 47 care homes in the North of Ireland are dealing with an outbreak of Coronavirus, with 1,567 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 3,896,855 vaccines have been administered to date across the North of Ireland as of Friday.

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

No further deaths, 262 new cases in North was last modified: May 20th, 2022 by cassoscoop

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