Covid-19: Four more deaths and 1,992 new cases

By Q Radio News

Four more people have died with Covid-19 and 1,992 people have tested positive, the Department of Health has confirmed.

There are 332 people in hospital who have tested positive for Covid-19, of whom 30 are receiving specialist care in ICU.

All but six of those people are being ventilated. 

There are 12 free ICU beds in Northern Ireland today and six hospitals are operating over capacity.

The infection rate across Northern Ireland is 608.2 per 100,000 people with Newry, Mourne and Down council area recording the highest rate (711.3), followed by Antrim and Newtownabbey (698.9) and Mid Ulster (653.7) 

Derry City and Strabane has the lowest infection rate (456.1).

The death toll stands at 2,879 with 24 of those deaths occurring in the past seven days.

There are outbreaks in 32 care homes. 

The seven-day infection rate for every council area in Northern Ireland:

Meanwhile, there have been a further 3,793 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic.

As of this morning, there were 578 patients in hospital with the disease, with 117 of those in intensive care units.