Northern Ireland's department of health has said almost 170 million items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were purchased between March and July during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Health and Social Care Northern Ireland Business Services Organisation delivered 167.5 million items of PPE to the HSC between 2 March and 31 July.
The peak delivery weeks were two weeks in April when around 15 million items were delivered, which is about twice the weekly average.
The data released today by BSO shows that gloves, medical face masks and plastic aprons made up the vast majority (94%) of core items delivered.