Six more Covid-19 deaths confirmed here and 1,291 new cases in past day

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Six further deaths of patients who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 have been reported in Northern Ireland.

The region’s Department of Health has also reported another 1,291 cases of the virus.

On Wednesday morning there were 345 Covid-positive patients in hospital, of whom 33 were in intensive care.

To date, 2,634,021 vaccines have been administered here.

Daily figures just issued by the Department of Health show another 6 Covid-19 deaths in Northern Ireland and 1,291 new cases in the past 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/QGw1aVxN0J

— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 27, 2021

There have been a further 1,631 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said.

There are currently 503 people in hospital with the disease, with 101 of those in intensive care units.

Dr Glynn said there has been a 27% increase in the number of patients in hospital with the virus in the last two weeks.

There were 67 newly-notified deaths in the past week.

The Republic of Ireland has announced 67 newly-notified Covid-19 deaths in the past week. A further 1,631 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed today. pic.twitter.com/qwxUqoWrIM

— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 27, 2021