Northern Ireland

Coronavirus: Four more deaths in Northern Ireland, bringing total to 82

A healthcare worker testing a patient for coronavirus
A healthcare worker testing a patient for coronavirus

Four more people have died in Northern Ireland after contracting coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 82.

The Public Health Agency said today that a futher 138 confirmed cases have been detected, bringing the total number of cases in the north to 1,477.

The total number of people tested in the north since the outbreak began stands at 10,203.

A further 887 people across Britain have died from coronavirus, new figures from England, Scotland and Wales show.

NHS England reported 765 people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 7,248.

Those who died ranged between 24 and 103. 

Some 43 of the 765 patients (aged between 33 and 99 years old) had no known underlying health condition.

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