The daily Covid update from the Department of Health has shown the South West Acute Hospital's (SWAH) bed occupancy has exceeded 100 per cent every day since Monday.

In Friday's update bed occupancy is at 104.52 per cent with previous days hitting over 110 per cent of bed capacity.

IN SWAH, according to the daily update, there are seven Covid-19 inpatients. There is currently one Covid-19 patient in ICU at the hospital.

But while bed occupancy at the hospital is remains high, Covid rates within the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area continue to be some of the lowest in Northern Ireland.

There were eight positive cases reported in the last 24 hours locally bringing the total to 5,827. The death toll remains at 85 with no deaths reported in the area.

The seven-day rate per 100,000 people in the district stands at 24.8 compared to 16.3 from April 2-8. 

Positive cases in the last week were 29. Out of those, seven were aged 19 and under; six were between the ages of 20 and 39; 12 were between 40 and 59; and four were aged between 60 and 79.

From April 5-11 postal districts in Fermanagh recorded 15 new cases. The BT93 area recorded one new case; BT74 four; BT94 two, and BT92 eight.

Across Northern Ireland there was one further death and 119 positive Covid cases reported in Friday's update.

The death toll now sits at 2,133 and positive cases at 118,851.

As of April 16, there were four confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes across NI. The three separate outbreaks are all asymptomatic.