The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has recorded no further coronavirus-related deaths again today.
The death toll remains at 556 – marking 15 days since any Covid-19 deaths have been reported.
The department’s daily figures are mostly comprised of hospital deaths, where a patient had previously tested positive for the virus.
The latest figures show the total number of confirmed positive cases now stands at 5,921, an increase of nine new cases from yesterday.
Two patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in intensive care in a hospital in Northern Ireland.
