Sobering news today as 11 people die with Covid-19

That means there have now been 2,762 deaths so far in NI since the start of the pandemic.

And in the last 24 hours another 1,028 people have tested positive.

Meanwhile, according to the statistics 2,728,343 vaccines have been administered in total.

As of today - November 8 - there are now 378 Covid-19 confirmed inpatients in NI hospitals - of that number there are now 44 patients with the virus fighting for their lives in ICU.

According to the dashboard there are noq 38 active cases of Covid-19 in NI Care Homes.

And NI hospitals are said to be occupied at 104%.

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