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Nadia Breen

NI Coronavirus: 12 further deaths and 516 new cases reported by DoH

The Department of Health has reported a further 12 coronavirus related deaths.

Eight of these deaths occurred within the current reporting period and four outside of it, according to the DoH.

The death toll in Northern Ireland now stands at 752, the department says.

Thursday's dashboard update reports a further 516 positive cases of the virus, bringing the total number of positive cases to 41,374 since the start of the pandemic.

Over the past seven days, the Department says 4,256 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.

There are currently 409 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 49 in intensive care.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that the StopCOVID NI App will soon provide individualised recommended end dates for self-isolation.

The updated version of the App will be released before the end of November and will confirm the date when a user’s self-isolation period will end, it was announced on Thursday.

Welcoming the new development, the Health Minister said: “The balance has been between privacy and precision – we now have enough users of the app, and sufficient numbers of positive test results, to make this information available via the app, without compromising anonymity.

“Feedback though our app support line, indicates a public appetite for greater precision in the period of self-isolation, relating the advice to the date of their actual ‘close contact’ with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19.”

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