By PA
Seven further deaths and another 863 positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported by the Department of Health.
The latest deaths bring the toll in Northern Ireland to 598.
Some 6,286 new positive cases of the virus have been detected in the last seven days, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 21,898.
There are currently 150 patients in hospitals with Covid-19, including 23 in intensive care.
Derry City and Strabane Council area remains the worst hit in Northern Ireland, with a case incidence rate of 970 per 100,000 people over the last seven days.
That is more than double the next highest rate, which is 462 per 100,000 in Belfast.
Mid Ulster now has a rate of 401, while the Newry, Mourne and Down Council area has a prevalence of 315 per 100,000.
Mid and East Antrim remains the areas with the lowest infection rate, at 95 per 100,000.
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