Strabane and Omagh districts have highest Covid-19 infection rates

DERRY and Strabane is the district with the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the North, whilst Fermanagh and Omagh has the second highest rate.

The infection rate number for Derry and Strabane is 2,422.6 and the Fermanagh and Omagh infection rate number is 1,995.8.

The number of people infected in the North over the last seven days is at an all time high of 1671.0, hospitalisation numbers have also risen slightly. However, they are not at the peak numbers seen during January of this year.

The number of positive cases confirmed in the past seven days were 31,643.

There are 303 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals across the six counties, this is up from 277 yesterday.

33 patients with Covid-19 are currently in ICU beds.

The Northern Ireland executive today announced changes to self-isolation rules meaning the number of days a person must self-isolate have decreased from ten to seven.