Seven further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland.
The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 2,403.
A further 1,812 positive Covid cases have also been recorded in NI on Saturday.
According to the Department of Health, this brings the total number of positive cases to 205,985 since the start of the pandemic.
The full dashboard is not set to be updated until Monday, September 6 but in a tweet, the DoH said that 2,459,543 vaccines have been administered in total.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 vaccines for healthy children aged between 12 and 15 are not being recommended by the Government’s vaccine advisers.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced that it is widening the so-far limited rollout to more children in this age bracket who have underlying health conditions.
But it is not recommending mass vaccination of children aged between 12 and 15.
The programme is being extended from what had been considered the most at-risk children, to include children with chronic major heart, lung, kidney, liver and neurological conditions.
It means about 200,000 more children will be invited for vaccines.
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