The Covid-19 case rates have been published for the week Monday, December 27, 2021 to Sunday, January 2, 2022.
According to the Northern Ireland Covid Dashboard there were 53,586 positive test results in the last seven days - the highest rate of infection Northern Ireland has seen since the start of the pandemic.
The Christmas holidays has seen an increase in cases, according to the latest figures from the UK government, Northern Ireland's infection rate is the highest in the UK at 1,619.8 per 100,00 people.
In the last seven days alone 198 people have been admitted to hospital for Covid and 112 care homes currently have a confirmed outbreak.
The Omicron variant is spreading at a rapid rate across the province, with more than 14 postcodes seeing more than 1,000 cases in the last seven days.
Here are the postcodes in Northern Ireland with the highest cases in the past week.
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13. BT6 - 328 Cases
BT6 had 328 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022. Photo: Google Maps

14. BT42 - 617 Cases
BT42 had 617 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022. Photo: Google Maps

15. BT17 - 319 Cases
BT17 had 319 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022. Photo: Google Maps

16. BT66 - 317 Cases
BT66 had 317 Covid-19 cases in the week Monday, February 14, to Sunday, February 20, 2022. Photo: Google Maps

