A further 14 coronavirus deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland, while a total of 3,934 cases of the virus have been confirmed.
This brings total fatalities to 418, the Department of Health said, with three deaths occurring in the last 24 hours. The number of people claiming Universal Credit after being left jobless by the shutdown forced by the pandemic has almost doubled.
Applications rose 10-fold in mid-March, the Communities Department said. Many businesses closed then as the pandemic spread.
Communities minister Deirdre Hargey said: "The number of claims to Universal Credit during this crisis has been unprecedented and demonstrate the scale of the issues people are facing surrounding work." A third of Belfast businesses are