Six more Covid-19 deaths in Northern Ireland

SIX more Covid-19 related deaths have been recorded in Northern Ireland.

The Public Health Agency announced the updated figures this afternoon with NI’s death toll now standing at 36.

As of 11.15am today, there had been 85 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Northern Ireland, where there have been 775 confirmed cases since the outbreak.

The Public Health Agency said that 449 tests had been carried out yesterday. A total of 6,899 tests have now been carried out in the region.