THERE have been no further Coronavirus-related deaths in the North of Ireland by the Department of Health.
The department’s death toll remains at 556 people which are mostly in hospitals.
A further nine people tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday.
A total of 29 people have died from Coronavirus in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area since March.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has identified 16 clusters of Covid-19 infection in the North of Ireland since the contact tracing scheme went live in May.
One of those was at a karaoke house party in Limavady.
The PHA said 133 cases have been identified with these clusters, and that six clusters had more than five cases associated with them.
The tracing scheme began in May.
Clusters are defined as two or more laboratory test-confirmed cases among individuals associated with a key setting.
A “key setting” is a workplace, educational establishment or similar setting.
Because transmission risk is highest within a household, linked cases within one house are not reported as clusters because they will be identified by contact tracing.
The PHA said clusters are to be expected as we move through the pandemic, and that the Test, Trace and Protect programme is in place to ensure people are tested when they have symptoms and their contacts traced quickly if they have a positive result.
