A further 17 people have died with Covid-19 in hospital settings in Northern Ireland in the past day. It takes the total number of confirmed deaths in hospital settings in the North to 193, according to the Public Health Agency.
Another 148 people were diagnosed with the coronavirus in Northern Ireland, taking the total to 2,486. The full death toll is likely to be higher after official statistics published on yesterday showed the figures were around a third higher than previously reported.
The disparity is due to differences in how the statistics are gathered. Overall deaths in the UK have risen by 888 to 15,464.