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Belfast Live
Health
Nadia Breen

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Full breakdown shows ten new positive cases in past 24 hours

There have been no further Coronavirus deaths today according to the Department of Health.

Figures released today show a ten people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the number of positive cases in Northern Ireland to 6,006.

A total of 86 people have been given positive results for Covid-19 in the past seven days.

The Newry, Mourne and Down area remains the area that has seen the largest increase in positive infections in the past seven days, with 27 people contracting the virus.

Belfast has had the highest number of positive cases with 1,433 and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon has had the second most with 764.

The death toll shown by the Department currently stands at 556, 162 of these in the Belfast area.

The DoH says that 333 of the deaths have happened in a hospital setting, 187 in residential/care homes, 21 in the community and a further 15 are not recorded.

1,507 patients have been discharged from hospital after being admitted with the virus.

DoH figures today shows there is one Covid-19 confirmed patient in hospital.

148,200 tests have been carried out with 6,006 people testing positive since the outbreak began.

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