Covid-19: Five deaths, 1,910 new cases

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By Q Radio News

Five more people have died after having tested positive for Covid-19.

Four of those deaths occurred outside the most recent 24-hour reporting period.

There are 528 people in hospital who have tested positive and seven of them are in ICU, with four being ventilated.

1,910 new cases have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

According to the Office for National Statistics,  one in 17 people here were likely to have had Covid-19 last week, down from one in 14 the previous week.

Eleven hospitals are operating over capacity today and the death toll since the pandemic began stands at 3,292.

There are outbreaks in 160 care homes.

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