By Q Radio News
One more coronavirus related death has sadly been recorded in Northern Ireland.
This brings the Department of Health's death toll to 2,097 since the pandemic began.
208 positive tests for the virus have been recorded in the past day - out of 1,785 individuals tested in that period.
There are currently 183 people in local hospitals here with Covid-19 - 23 of whom are in intensive care units.
COVID-19 UPDATE
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) March 12, 2021
📍One further covid related death has been recorded in NI
📍The death toll now stands at 2,097
📍208 positive tests have been recorded in the past 24 hours - out of 1,785 individuals tested
📍183 hospital inpatients here have coronavirus - 23 are in ICU pic.twitter.com/5gh9wYy7CH
Earlier today, NISRA reported that 22 deaths involving coronavirus occurred here in the past week.
The total number of Covid-19 related deaths recorded by NISRA up to March 5th has now reached 2,845.
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