The Department of Health has reported 15 further deaths related to Covid-19 across Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours, with four of those in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area.

It brings the total in the area to 24 while across Northern Ireland the figure now stands at 825.

Out of the 15 deaths reported, 11 occurred in the last 24 reporting period, with four taking place outside that period.

Some 37 people have also tested positive in the Council area bringing the total number to 1,743 and they were among 548 positive tests in Northern Ireland. There has now been 45,241 positive tests in Northern Ireland.

Breaking down positive cases by postcode in Fermanagh, from November 3-9, there were 14 cases in BT93; 38 cases in BT92; 22 positive cases in BT94; and 21 cases in BT74. 

There have been 187 positive cases in the Council area in the last seven days compared to 190 in the previous week from October 29 to November 4. Some 24 of those were aged 19 and under; 60 were aged between 20 and 39; 64 were aged between 40 and 59; 35 were aged between 60 and 79, and 4 were aged 80 and over.

The seven-day incident rate for positive cases per 100k people in Fermanagh and Omagh now stands at 160.1 per 100k, for the week of November 3-9 – the previous week’s rate stood at 162.6.

There are currently 76 in-patients across the Western Trust, with 18 of these in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH). While there have been 45 admissions and 52 discharges in the past seven days in Western Trust hospitals.

Across the five Trusts, there are 435 in-patients in hospital with the virus. Some 46 people are on Covid ICU beds across Northern Ireland, none of those are in the SWAH. There are 30 Covid-19 patients on ventilators across Northern Ireland.

As of today's report, the current available bed occupancy at the SWAH was operating above 100 per cent. Bed occupancy across all hospitals was at 101 per cent capacity.

There are currently 144 confirmed nursing home outbreaks, with 3 suspected care home outbreaks across Northern Ireland.