There have been 10 further deaths as a result of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health.
The department's daily dashboard shows that there have been 290 further positive tests with 2,505 people being infected in the past seven days.
The death toll in Northern Ireland from coronavirus now stands at 996, the Department of Health says.
Belfast has had the highest number of new cases in the past 24 hours with 41, followed by Derry City and Strabane with 37 and Mid and East Antrim with 34.
In the last seven days Belfast has also had the highest number of positive cases with 381, followed by Derry City and Strabane with 298.
Those aged 40 to 59 have had the most infections in the past week with 766 new cases.
There are currently 427 inpatients in hospital with the virus.
There are 36 patients in intensive care in Northern Ireland with coronavirus and 29 of these are using ventilators.
To date, 573,714 people have been tested for the virus and 52,465 have been positive.
