The Department of Health has reported a further nine coronavirus related deaths.
According to the latest update, all of the fatalities occurred within the current reporting period.
The death toll in Northern Ireland now stands at 1,975, according to the DoH.
Friday's dashboard update also reports a further 407 positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 108,434 since the start of the pandemic.
Over the past seven days, the Department says 2,393 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
There are currently 488 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 58 in intensive care.
Meanwhile, Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer has said the emergence of new variants means we must be cautious over the easing of current restrictions.
Dr Michael McBride said new variants, such as the Kent, Brazilian and South African, must be taken seriously and are causing uncertainties as we work our way out of lockdown.
Speaking on the Nolan Show, the CMO said this meant we can not set reopening targets by dates and that the Executive would be determining priorities for the easing of restrictions.
"I think we need to take them [variants] seriously, that's why we have to be cautious, that's why we can not put hard dates to things, we have had no experience working our way back out of restrictions with this new variant in circulation," he added.
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