Coronavirus: 18 Covid patients in SWAH, one further death in FODC area

The department's daily update also showed there are 18 patients currently being treated at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) for Covid-19, an increase of two from Monday's update.

Across Northern Ireland six Covid-19 related deaths have been reported bringing the total to 730 while 570 individuals tested positive for the virus. There has now been 40,179 positive cases in Northern Ireland with 4, 629 coming in the last seven days.

In the Fermanagh and Omagh Council area, there was the lowest number of positive cases recorded with 20 in the last days. It brings the total in the district to 1,514.

Breaking down positive cases by postcode in Fermanagh, from October 26 to November 1, there were 15 cases in BT93; 58 cases in BT92; 23 positive cases in BT94; and 32 cases in BT74. 

There have been 210 positive cases in the Council area in the last seven days compared to 290 in the previous week from October 20-26. Some 29 of those were aged 19 and under; 66 were aged between 20 and 39; 81 were aged between 40 and 59; 22 were aged between 60 and 79, and 12 were aged 80 and over.

The seven-day incident rate for positive cases per 100k people in Fermanagh and Omagh now stands at 179.7 per 100k, for the week of October 26 to November 1 – the previous week’s rate stood at 252.5.

There are currently 79 in-patients across the Western Trust, while there have been 58 admissions and 65 discharges in the past seven days in Western Trust hospitals.

Across the five Trusts, there are 413 in-patients in hospital with the virus. Some 51 people are on Covid ICU beds across Northern Ireland, with one in the SWAH. There are 44 Covid-19 patients on ventilators across Northern Ireland.

As of Tuesday's update, SWAH's bed occupancy is currently operating above available capacity.

There are currently 117 confirmed nursing home outbreaks, with 10 suspected care home outbreaks across Northern Ireland.