There have been another 5,622 cases of Covid reported today.
However, the number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 has fallen to its lowest level in four weeks.
There were 487 patients being treated for the virus at 8am today, down 41 on the same time yesterday.
It compares to a figure of 536 on this day last week.
There are 114 people in ICU with Covid-19 while there were 121 people with the virus in ICU this day last week.
