The Department of Health has reported no further Covid-19 related deaths.
According to the most recent dashboard update, there has been sixteen confirmed cases of the virus in the last 24 hour reporting period.
The death toll in Northern Ireland stands at 556 and the total number of positive tests is 5,815, reports the DoH.
Figures released on Thursday also indicated that 124,190 individuals have been tested for the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
Also today, the Department of Health published the Covid-19 reproduction number.
A Department spokesperson said: "The current estimate of R is 0.5 – 1.0.
"R represents the number of individuals who, on average, will be infected by a single person with the infection. R does not have a fixed value but varies with time, and is likely to be different every day.
"When community transmission of the virus is very low, R will no longer be the most important number for the purpose of policy decisions.
"In particular, once the number of new cases is sufficiently low in the context of a robust testing programme and test/trace/protect strategy, the number of positive tests per day is likely to be a more important parameter.
"At present, R will show a high degree of volatility and be heavily influenced by small local clusters, and is therefore not the key indicator for policy decisions."
