THE Department of Health has reported that one further person has died from Coronavirus in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
There has also been 77 new cases of the virus.
The woman, aged between 60-79, died in hospital in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon council area over the past 24 hours.
It brings the death toll from the virus in the province to 563, with 7,442 people testing positive since the pandemic began.
On Wednesday 8,013 tests were carried out on 5,431 people.
Over the past week 467 people have tested positive for the virus.
There have been three further positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the last 24 hours, bringing its total number of cases to 288 – with 21 of those in the last seven days.
There have been 29 deaths from COVID-19 within the council boundary since the pandemic erupted in March this year.
The public are urged to maintain social distancing of two metres as much as possible, to wash hands regularly and often and to wear face coverings in shops and in indoor settings.
There are currently 18 confirmed Covid-19 patients in Northern Ireland’s hospitals with three in an intensive care unit (ICU).
Of 97 ICU beds in Northern Ireland, 14 remain free. Total hospital beds are currently at 83% occupancy.
Outbreaks of Covid-19 in care homes has risen to 21.
Since the start of the pandemic 1,564 people have been discharged from hospital after recovering from the virus.
Health Minister Robin Swann said that over 8,000 tests were carried out for Coronavirus – the highest number of tests carried out since the start of the pandemic.
And over half of those tested were carried out on people under the age of 40.
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