The Department of Health has recorded that over 1,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in NI in the last 24 hours.
Thuesday's dashboard reports a further 1,083 positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 135,227 since the start of the pandemic.
No further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported, with the death toll from the DoH remaining at 2,159.
Over the past seven days, the Department said 4,437 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.
According to figures released on Thursday, there are currently 80 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and two in intensive care.
Meanwhile, if Northern Ireland follows the same travel changes as England, it's expected that the following countries could soon be added to the travel green list, according to The Telegraph :
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Italy
- Germany
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Canada
- Austria
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
The Balearic Islands have been shifted from green to amber on the UK Government's travel list as Covid cases surge in the Mediterranean.
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