Covid-19 daily update: Another six deaths and 1,218 cases

By Q Radio News

There have been six further deaths of patients who previously tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has said.

Another 1,218 confirmed cases of the virus have been notified in the last 24-hour reporting period.

Yesterday, there were three further covid-related deaths and 1,461 confirmed cases.

Covid-19 daily update: Six further deaths and 1,218 new cases. The UK has also hit a record high in infections.https://t.co/9Lm5n3MykO

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Meanwhile, both England and Wales are now recording record infection levels.

In England, around one in 13 people were likely to test positive for Covid-19 last week, or 4.1 million people – up from one in 16, or 3.5 million people, during the week before. 

In Wales, the estimate is up from 192,900 people, or one in 16, to 212,000 people, or one in 14.

This has meant that Covid-19 infections in the UK have hit a record high.

Some 4.9 million people in private households in the UK are estimated to have had the virus in the week ending March 26, up from 4.3 million in the previous week, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Scotland and Northern Ireland, however, are both slightly below their recent record infection levels.

Their trends are being described as "uncertain", with 123,000 people in Northern Ireland likely to have had Covid-19 last week, or one in 15 people: up from 108,700, or one in 17 people.