The Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area has seen 52 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours the Department of Health has reported. It brings the total figure in the district to 1,262.

The increase comes as eight Covid-19 related deaths across Northern Ireland were reported in the department's daily update, bringing the total to 653. However, there were no deaths recorded in the Fermanagh and Omagh area which has had 16 deaths.

In total across Northern Ireland there were 896 positive cases with the total now at 34,105. 6,898 of the positive cases were in the last seven days.

The BT93 postcode area in the Fermanagh and Omagh area which covers a large part of Fermanagh, is the least affected area in Northern Ireland according to the department's update with a rate of 35.5 per 100k for the last seven days. Other postcodes in Fermanagh include BT74 which has a rate of 148.2 per 100k; BT92 is 186.2 per 100k while BT94 is 136.2 per 100k.

In the last seven days there have been 322 positive cases in the Council area. 57 of those were aged 19 and under; 102 aged between 20 and 39; 99 between the ages of 40 and 59; 43 aged between 60 and 79 and 21 aged 80 and over.

The seven-day incident rate for positives case per 100k people has increased in Fermanagh and Omagh, and now stands at 275.6 per 100k people for the week of October 15-21 – the previous week’s rate stood at 222.5.

There are currently 8 Covid-19 in-patients in the SWAH. There are 68 in-patients across the Western Trust.

There have been 64 admissions to the Trust, and 65 discharges in the past seven days.

There are 317 in-patients in hospital across Northern Ireland with the virus. Some 37 people are on Covid ICU beds across Northern Ireland. There are 27 Covid-19 patients on ventilators across Northern Ireland.

There are currently 92 confirmed nursing home outbreaks, with 11 suspected care home outbreaks across NI.