Forty-seven new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours by the Department of Health.
The majority, of the new infections,16, were reported in Belfast. This was followed by five in Antrim and Newtownabbey.
There have now been 6,823 positive cases of the virus diagnosed in Northern Ireland.
There have been no further deaths. The death toll remains at 559.
Yesterday, another 147 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the Republic of Ireland.
Around half were in Dublin and the Republic's acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said there had been an increase in the capital over recent days.
He warned infections were spread across the city but there was no suggestion further measures were needed.
A third of infections in the city involved community transmission. Some 34 of the 73 involved close contacts of others with the virus.
