A further 4,243 positive Covid cases have been recorded in Northern Ireland today.
This brings the total number of positive cases to 523,722 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health.
Over the past seven days, the Department said 31,895 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
Six further coronavirus-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland on Thursday.
The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 3,092.
The fatalities are said to have occurred during the current reporting period.
On Thursday morning, there were 387 Covid-19 inpatients in hospital, 22 of whom were being treated in ICU.
Meanwhile, hospitality businesses have called for an end to all Covid restrictions on the sector following the scrapping of vaccine passports in most settings.
The legal requirement to provide Covid certification to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas ended from noon on Wednesday.
Nightclubs can also now reopen but vaccine certification is still needed to gain access.
In workplaces, the requirement to take reasonable measures for two-metre social distancing has also been removed.
It follows the ending on Friday of the requirement to remain seated and the limit of six per table at venues such as pubs.
The latest easing of restrictions was agreed at a meeting of the Executive last week after ministers said Northern Ireland had passed the peak of the Omicron wave.
The use of Covid certification in hospitality venues is still being "strongly encouraged" by the Stormont Executive, but in guidance only.
Hospitality Ulster welcomed the lifting of mandatory passes in most venues and called for restrictions to be removed completely.
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