By Q Radio news
One more person has died from a Covid-19 illness in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours.
There've also been 1,040 new positive cases.
On Wednesday morning there were 226 Covid-positive patients in hospital.
Thirty eight people remain in intensive care wards with the virus across the region.
LATEST: One more person has died from a Covid-19 illness in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours. There've also been 1,040 new positive cases.
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) August 4, 2021

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