Large increase in Covid testing in County Derry as schools return
The number of new cases has fallen slightly across the county.
There has been a 57.8% increase in the number of Covid tests carried out in the last week in comparison with the previous seven days.
1,404 new cases of the virus were identified in County Derry's postal areas over the last seven days, compared with 1,426 the previous week.
The percentage of people testing positive for the virus has consequently fallen to 8.2%, the lowest figure since June 29.
A spike in cases in the Limavady area has seen its rate per 100,000 of population just edge into Northern Ireland's top ten, and is the highest rate in the county at 782.2.
13 Covid-related deaths were recorded in the county's three local government districts last week, with the majority (9) coming in Mid Ulster.
Two people died in both the Derry and Strabane and Causeway Coast and Glens areas.
The number of inpatients being treated for Covid-19 in the area's hospitals also fell last week, from 112 to 100.
52 (-8) patients remain in Altnagelvin Area Hospital, 34 (-3) in Antrim Area Hospital and 14 (-1) in Causeway Hospital.
1,297,882 (69%) of the NI population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 1,196,000 (63%) have received both doses.