Five further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 2,912.
Four fatalities are said to have occurred during the current reporting period, and one outside of it.
A further 1,933 positive Covid cases have also been recorded in NI today.
This brings the total number of positive cases to 333,409 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health.
Over the past seven days, the Department said 12,465 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
According to figures released on Wednesday, there are currently 329 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 38 in intensive care.
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Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has said he expects to see a “rapid increase” in cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant before Christmas.
Sir Michael McBride was speaking after the first three cases of the Omicron variant detected in Northern Ireland were confirmed on Tuesday evening.
He said all three confirmed cases are linked to travel and there is not thought to be community transmission of the variant yet.
However, Sir Michael said there are likely to be more cases than currently identified.
He said measures are being taken to try to delay community transmission of the variant, but that is is “absolutely inevitable”.
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