Coronavirus NI: Twelve people die and 656 diagnosed with infection - 460 in hospital with COVID-19 and 32 in ICU - hospitals at 104% occupancy

That can be broken down into ten within the last 24 hours and the other two outside that time period.

It brings the death toll here to 1,154.

And another 656 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the last 24 hours.

This means that 3,531 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the last seven days.

There are now 460 people with COVID-19 in NI hospitals - 32 of which are in ICU.

And there are now 86 active cases of Coronavirus in NI Care Homes.

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