Coronavirus NI: Death toll in NI rises to 1,196 after 13 more deaths - 17 lives lost in previous 24 hours - 505 test positive and 3,816 test positive in last 7 days

Coronavirus NI: Death toll in NI rises to 1,196 after 13 more deaths - 17 lives lost in previous 24 hours - 505 test positive and 3,816 test positive in last 7 days

By Gemma Murray

Published 20th Dec 2020, 17:16 BST

Updated 20th Dec 2020, 17:34 BST

Thirteen people have lost their lives in the last 24 hours with Coronavirus, according to the Department of Health dashboard.

The latest figures reveal that in NI 1,196 people have now lost their lives after testing positive.

There are now 421 people in NI hospitals with the virus and 30 people fighting for their lives in ICU.

There are now 82 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in NI Care Homes.

And in the last 24 hours 505 people have tested positive with Coronavirus - and 3,816 people within the last seven days.

Emergency meeting of NI Executive to be held at 9pm - ‘speed and scale of the virus transmission spread and the fact that it is so fastmoving is a cause for alarm to us all’

Department of Health ICU NI Executive