CORONAVIRUS: Covid rate in county falls for first time in 3 weeks
The decrease comes in a week that also saw a 6.7% increase in testing.
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The number of positive cases of Covid-19 identified across County Derry s postal areas has fallen for the first time in three weeks.
This is despite there being an increase in the number of tests carried out.
A total of 6,123 tests were carried out within the county over the last seven days, with 185 testing positive for the virus, representing a 13.1% fall in cases.
Derry s rate per 100,000 of population also fell to 74.6 but remains almost double the overall NI figure of 36.7, while the county s positive case percentage dipped again to 3%.
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