Northern Ireland

278 new cases of Covid 19 in Northern Ireland, no further deaths

No further deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.
No further deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. No further deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

There have been another 278 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland.

No further deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. 

There have been 17 hospital admissions in past week, up from nine the previous week. There were 19 inpatients at midnight, up from 16 seven days ago. There are two Covid ICU beds occupied today, which is the same as yesterday. There are 20 covid occupied beds, up from 14 yesterday.

The seven-day infection rate per 100,000 has risen to 88.7. Derry and Strabane remains the area with the highest rate on 251.1, while the lowest is Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon on 43.0.

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