Q Radio News
A further three patients who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have died in the last 24 hours.
Another 1,209 cases of the virus were also notified by the Department of Health.
Three deaths and 1,080 new cases had been recorded here on Monday.
LATEST: The Department of Health confirms another three Covid-19 deaths and 1209 new cases in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours pic.twitter.com/xBxexKjuaN
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 5, 2021
On Tuesday morning, there were 346 Covid-positive patients in hospital, of whom 34 were in intensive care.
A total of 2,536,408 vaccines have been administered in total.

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