By Q Radio News
Four more people have died with Covid-19 and 1,908 new cases have been detected, the Department of Health has confirmed.
326 people are in hospital with the disease, of whom 30 are in ICU.
All but two of those people in ICU are being ventilated.
There are 13 free ICU beds in Northern Ireland today.
The death toll since the start of the pandemic stands at 2,885.
Children aged 10 to 14 continue to account for the highest number of new cases (16.6%), followed by children aged five to nine (12%)
The seven-day infection rate across Northern Ireland is 656.2.
Newry, Mourne and Down council area has the highest rate (798.9), followed by Antrim and Newtownabbey (702.4) and Lisburn and Castlereagh (704.1).
Derry City and Strabane continues to record the lowest rate (499.1).
There are outbreaks in 36 care homes.
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