Coronavirus NI: Death toll rises to 1,059 after another nine people lose their lives with COVID-19 - 397 more people have virus - 29 fighting for their lives in ICU and 416 in hospital

Another nine people have died after testing positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health have revealed.

By Gemma Murray

Published 7th Dec 2020, 14:11 BST

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Their latest dashboard says that 1,059 people have now died with the virus.

Another 397 people have tested positive as having Coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

In the last 7 days 3,104 tested positive in Northern Ireland.

There are now 29 people fighting for their lives in ICU - and a total of 416 people in our hospitals with the virus.

And there are now 115 outbreaks of COVID-19 in NI Care Homes.