Four further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 2,879.
Two fatalities are said to have occurred during the current reporting period, and two outside of it.
A further 1,992 positive Covid cases have also been recorded in NI today.
This brings the total number of positive cases to 320,939 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health.
Over the past seven days, the Department said 11,517 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
According to figures released on Wednesday, there are currently 332 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 30 in intensive care.
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Meanwhile, a case of the Omicron variant has been confirmed in Ireland.
Health officials confirmed the news at a briefing on Wednesday afternoon, the Irish Mirror reports.
No exact location has been confirmed but Dr Cillian De Gascun, Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory and member of NPHET, said it is a "current case".
Dr De Gascun said that genome sequencing was carried out on eight cases, with the Omicron variant detected in one of these.
He said: "It is a travel-associated case (from one of the countries affected).
"It was identified in the last week, so it is a current case."
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