There were 570 new positive cases, 4,629 of them occurring in the past seven days, bringing the total number of cases in the North since the start of the pandemic to 40,179. Mid Ulster was followed by the Derry and Strabane area with 299 cases and Belfast with 284 cases. The overall 7-day figure for Northern Ireland is 246 cases per 100,000. Currently there are 51 patients being treated for Covid-19 in the North’s hospitals with 44 on ventilators. “We can’t have hospitality opening during a huge second wave in a pandemic, end of discussion,” said Dr Black.

Source: The Irish Times November 03, 2020 15:37 UTC