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Health
Connor Lynch

Covid-19 Northern Ireland: 14 further Covid-19 deaths recorded by Department of Health

There have been 14 further Covid-19 deaths recorded in Northern Ireland, with 10 of these taking place in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health.

The department's daily dashboard says there have been 331 positive tests in the past day, with 3,831 people contracting the virus in the past week.

The Northern Ireland death toll from the virus now stands at 869, says the DoH.

Since the outbreak began, 47,162 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19.

Belfast has seen the largest number of new infections in the past seven days, with 696, followed by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon with 544, and Causeway, Coast and Glens with 451.

Those aged 20 to 39 have had the most positive tests in the past week, with 1,267, followed by those aged 40 to 59 with 1,199.

There are currently 427 inpatients in hospital with the virus and 45 patients are in intensive care and 37 are using ventilators.

There are 21 unoccupied intensive care beds in Northern Ireland and 127 general beds unoccupied.

To date, 538,313 individuals have been tested for the coronavirus.

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