By Q Radio News
No further coronavirus related deaths have been recorded in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours.
This is the third day in a row no Covid-19 deaths have been confirmed in NI.
The Department of Health's death toll remains at 2,147.
However, 76 people have tested positive for the virus here since yesterday - out of 1,277 individuals tested.
57 people are currently in local hospitals with covid - 6 of whom are in intensive care units.
COVID-19 UPDATE:
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) May 10, 2021
📍No further coronavirus related deaths have been recorded in NI in the past 24 hours.
📍However, 76 people have tested positive for the virus here since yesterday.
📍57 people are currently in local hospitals with covid - 6 of whom are in ICU. pic.twitter.com/BDSliWeFei
It comes as new figures show a third of UK adults are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
A total of 17,669,379 people have received both jabs – the equivalent of 33.5% of all people aged 18 and over.
England and Northern Ireland are both estimated to have given two doses to 33.6% of their adult population, slightly ahead of Wales (33.4%) and Scotland (33.1%).
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