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Nadia Breen

Covid NI: No further deaths reported by DoH for second consecutive day

The Department of Health has reported no further coronavirus related deaths for the second consecutive day.

According to the latest update the death toll in Northern Ireland now still stands at 2,107, says the DoH.

Thursday's dashboard update also reports a further 183 positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 116,515 since the start of the pandemic.

Over the past seven days, the Department says 1,054 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.

There are currently 153 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 14 in intensive care.

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland's Health Minister has warned that foreign holidays are "very much" out this summer.

Robin Swann also expressed concern about the potential of a further surge in cases in the region and the consequences that would have across the under-pressure health system.

Minister Swann said administrations across the UK and Ireland were having discussions about drawing up a red list related to foreign countries posing the highest Covid risks.

Asked at his weekly coronavirus media briefing at Stormont whether foreign travel was out in regard to summer holidays, the Minister said: "I would say very much so."

Mr Swann noted the steps being taken in England to fine people taking unnecessary overseas trips but he said similar action was not being considered by the Stormont Executive.

"It's not a direction of travel that we would be going on at this point in time in the Executive," he said.

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