Four further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.
The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 2,669.
The fatalities are said to have occurred during the current reporting period.
A further 1,124 positive Covid cases have also been recorded in NI today.
This brings the total number of positive cases to 269,330 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health.
Over the past seven days, the Department said 8,569 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
According to figures released on Tuesday, there are currently 358 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 34 in intensive care.
Meanwhile, concern has been expressed ahead of the further relaxation of coronavirus regulations in NI while infection rates remain high.
Nightclubs are to be allowed to reopen on Sunday for the first time since the start of lockdown, and social distancing in pubs and restaurants will be reduced to guidance.
Daily infection rates have remained over 1,000 since July, and hospitals are this week at over 100% occupancy.
Dr Frances O’Hagan from the British Medical Association said medics are “very concerned”, and expressed her condolences to the families of the 32 people who have died with Covid-19 in the last week.
She has advocated the use of Covid-19 vaccination passports, which has divided the Stormont Executive, with ministers unable to agree to make them mandatory in hospitality venues.
“We as medics are very concerned about the situation that is facing us at the minute,” she told the BBC Radio Ulster’s Stephen Nolan Show.
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