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Nadia Breen

Covid NI: No further deaths and 417 coronavirus cases reported

The Department of Health has recorded no further coronavirus-related deaths.

The death toll from the DoH remains at 2,156, according to figures released today.

Tuesday's dashboard also reports a further 417 positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 129,617 since the start of the pandemic.

Over the past seven days, the Department said 2,883 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.

There are currently 37 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and five in intensive care.

Meanwhile, a temporary "vaccine passport" scheme in Northern Ireland has received more than 4,500 applications in its first few days of operation, the Health Minister has told the Assembly.

During ministerial question time at Stormont on Monday, Robin Swann updated MLAs on efforts to produce a Covid status certificate system for international travel, and also on plans to roll out walk-in vaccination centres.

Mr Swann said his officials had been working on both a comprehensive certificate system (CCS) and an interim one to allow people from Northern Ireland to travel to countries which require proof of double vaccination for entry.

He said: "The final CCS will take the form of a printed certificate supplemented by a mobile phone app.

"This system will provide internationally accepted proof that either the holder has received both vaccine doses at least two weeks prior to travel or has demonstrated immunity to the virus or has received a negative test in the preceding 72 hours.

"The comprehensive solution is expected to be available before July 19."

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