A further 11 people with Covid-19 have died in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has said, bringing the total to 889.
Another 518 confirmed cases of the virus were recorded in the last 24 hours. A total of 48,229 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Northern Ireland since the pandemic began.
Stormont's chief scientific adviser has said that following the imposition of recent restrictions, the reproduction number of the virus had fallen to 0.8 for two weeks and is now close to 1.
But Professor Ian Young said: "The reduction in cases and in particular hospital bed occupancy is less than we had hoped for." Dr Michael McBride, chief medical officer, said lives and livelihoods had been transformed by the epidemic and "the