The number of positive coronavirus cases in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area has almost doubled in the last seven days according to the lastest update from the Department of Health.

In today's update testing in the last seven days from September 29 to October 5 has seen 149 new cases compared to 75 new cases in the previous seven days from Setpember 22 to 28. The seven day rate has increased from 64.2 per 100,000 to 127.5 per 100,000.

27 were in people aged 19 and under; 73 between the ages of 20 and 39; 26 aged between 40 and 59; 21 between 60 and 79 and two aged 80 and over.

In the last 24 hours there were a further 22 cases in the Council area bring the total to 478.

Across Northern Ireland 669 people tested positive for the virus bringing the total to 15,359. 4,005 have tested positive in the last week.

There was one further death recorded with the total now at 585. 

Fermanagh and Omagh has recorded 11 deaths, according to the Department of Health; however, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) reported there were 17 deaths in the district up until September 25.

The latest statistics from the Department of Health are mainly from hospital fatalities where a person has tested positive.

NISRA data shows the death toll reached 901 people by September 25 and this includes care homes/in the community/hospice and hospitals.

The new data collection by the department refers to both Health and Social Care Trust Laboratory completed tests (Pillar 1) and National Initiative Laboratory completed tests (Pillar 2).

The Western Health and Social Care Trust has had 31 admissions and 14 discharges for Covid-19 in the last two weeks.

There are currently 13 ICU Covid-19 beds occupied in Northern Ireland, with eight people currently on ventilation due to the virus. There are 85 Covid-19 inpatients across the whole of Northern Ireland.

There are 31 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in cares homes across Northern Ireland, with 10 suspected outbreaks.