A total of 30,883 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland in the last week.
In this period, from December 22 to 28, the 20-39 age category accounted for the majority of these new cases with 16,054 positive test results recorded.
14 deaths related to the virus have been reported from midnight December 23 to midnight December 28.
Over the Christmas break, the Department's daily dashboard was not updated.
Meanwhile, health officials in Northern Ireland are appealing to people to get a booster jab before the end of the year.
Patricia Donnelly, head of the Northern Ireland vaccination programme, urged people not to wait to get the booster jab amid ongoing concerns about the impact of the Omicron variant.
Ms Donnelly said: “Our great vaccination teams will be hard at work once again this week, providing boosters to as many people as possible.
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“There are so many opportunities across Northern Ireland for people to get their booster dose before the start of the new year.
“I know some people had been putting it off until after Christmas and I would appeal to them to delay no further."
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