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Orlaith Clinton

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Breakdown from Department of Health shows 249 Covid-19 hospital admissions in last seven days

The Department of Health has reported a further eight deaths linked to coronavirus in Northern Ireland.

Wednesday's figures showed these deaths occurred in the last 24 hour reporting period.

The death toll in Northern Ireland now stands at 810, as per the Department's figures.

Coronavirus related deaths by LGD (Department of Health)

Of the total number of reported coronavirus related deaths, 569 occurred in hospital settings, 204 in residential/care homes, 22 in the community and 15 are not recorded.

On Wednesday's dashboard update, the Department reported a daily rise in positive cases of Covid-19 by 791, bringing the total number of positive cases in Northern Ireland to 44,693.

In the last seven days, a total of 3,886 individuals have tested positive for coronavirus - 720 of which were recorded in the Belfast council area.

Tests within the last seven days (Department of Health)

The Department also breaks this weekly number of cases into age groups.

  • 1,330 - Aged 20-39
  • 1,201 - Aged 40-59
  • 577 - Aged 60-79
  • 441 - Aged 0-19
  • 336 - Aged 80 and over

And under this breakdown, shows the council area for each:

Weekly cases by age and LGD (Department of Health)

In terms of hospital admissions relating to Covid-19, there have been 3,418 to date - and 2,977 discharges.

There are currently 441 coronavirus inpatients across 20 hospital sites, the Department reports.

And the figures also show that in the last 14 days there were 554 hospital admissions related to Covid-19.

The Department reports there are currently 47 patients with coronavirus in ICU - 35 of which are on ventilation.

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