The Department of Health has reported a further nine coronavirus related deaths.
According to the latest update, six of the fatalities occurred within the current reporting period and three outside of it.
The death toll in Northern Ireland now stands at 2,096, the DoH says.
Thursday's dashboard update also reports a further 223 positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 114,399 since the start of the pandemic.
Over the past seven days, the Department says 1,277 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
There are currently 189 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 26 in intensive care.
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Meanwhile, the NI Executive is meeting today to discuss when pupils should go back to school.
Education Minister Peter Weir has previously said "it would be great" if all primary school pupils could return to face-to-face learning before Easter.
He wants all primary pupils who have not yet returned to school to do so on March 22.
Children in pre-school and nursery and all pupils in P1-P3 were allowed to return to school on March 8.
All pupils in primaries 4-7 are still being taught remotely.
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