LIVE BLOG Coronavirus NI: 106 more people test positive in last 24 hours | 7,227 have now tested positive - find out how many cases there are around the UK

The latest dashboard also reveals that 530 people have been tested in the last seven days - and in NI a total of 7,727 people have tested positive.

While the department’s statistical dashboard provides updates on the number of positive test results over the weekend, it does not relay up-to-date information on coronavirus fatalities on Saturdays and Sundays.

The latest death toll reported by the department on Friday stood at 564.

Meanehile, Scotland has recorded 208 new coronavirus cases – the highest daily increase in positive tests for more than 17 weeks.

The last time more people tested positive for Covid-19 was May 8, when there were 225 new cases of infection.

The increase, up from Saturday’s figure of 141 people, takes the weekly total of confirmed infections to 1,079 – the most over a seven-day period since May 6.

No new deaths have been registered, according to the Scottish Government.

The 208 positive cases account for 2.3% of the 18,418 tests carried out.

In England, a further three people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,607, NHS England said on Sunday.

The patients were aged between 69 and 89 and all had known underlying health conditions.

The dates of the deaths were on September 4 and September 5.

No deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

In Wales there have been no further reported deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus, health officials have said.

The total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic remains at 1,597.

Public Health Wales said the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country had increased by 98, bringing the revised confirmed cases to 18,381.

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