THERE were no new deaths from coronavirus reported in Northern Ireland on Sunday.
A further six people have tested positive for the virus in the north, bringing the number of people with Covid-19 to 4,796.
There are 465 people currently either diagnosed or suspected to have Covid-19 being treated in hospital in Northern Ireland with seven patients in ICU.
To date there have been 537 deaths recorded by the Department of Health.
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) states 754 deaths have been registered with coronavirus mentioned on the death certificate since the crisis began.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre in the Republic said on Sunday they had been informed that one person with Covid-19 had died.
There have now been a total of 1,679 coronavirus related deaths in the Republic.
As of midnight Saturday the HPSC was notified of 25 confirmed new infections. That brings to 25,201 confirmed cases of in the Republic.
Tracing is underway to identify anyone who may have been in contact with the new patients.
Of all those who have tested positive, 57 per cent were female and 43 per cent were male.
The median age of confirmed cases in the Republic is 48 years and 3,321 people have been hospitalised.
Of those who required hospital treatment, 409 cases have been admitted to ICU and 8,057 cases are associated with healthcare workers.
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,139 accounting for 48 per cent of all cases, followed by Cork with 1,529 cases and then Kildare with 1,428 cases.
Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 39 per cent, close contact accounts for 59 per cent and travel abroad accounts for 2 per cent.
Meanwhile, ahead of today's planned executive meeting, Retail NI has urged ministers to set a date for the remainder of the retail sector to reopen following moves in the Republic.
With the Irish government setting out a roadmap for its retail sector to reopen, the executive must now also set a date, otherwise many local towns and retailers along the border will be at a major competitive disadvantage," said Retail NI Chief Executive Glyn Roberts.
“We need a date and we need it now as retail plays a key role not just on our high streets, but our economy as a whole. Many of our fashion retail members who still have no date to reopen, have advanced risk assessment plans in place that will ensure social distancing and provide a safe environment for shoppers and their staff fully in line with medical advice."
Mr Roberts said Retail NI had also written to the executive to ask ministers to establish a `High Street and Retail Advisory Group' to ensure it could move forward with the safe reopening of towns and city centres.
"Moving from two metres to one metre social distancing is crucial for retail and hospitality as they reopen, and we urge the executive to look at how this can be done in a safe way," he added.
Chambers of commerce in Belfast, Derry and Newry are among those who have also urged the executive to follow the example of the Republic and bring forward reopening dates for all retail and hospitality.
