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Coronavirus NI - Death toll jumps to 1,460 and 1,112 test positive with virus
The last 24 hours in NI make grim reading on the Department of Health dashboard with 17 more deaths recorded.
Another 1,112 have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
But in the last 7 days the number recorded was 10,468.
The total number to test positive in NI was 88,700.
There are now 703 patients with Coronavirus in NI hospitals - 53 of which are fighting for their lives in ICU.
There are now 137 COVID-19 confirmed cases in NI Care Homes.
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