This is how many people have tested positive for COVID-19 in your local area - as of today

The Department of Health has revealed the number of people infected with COVID-19 throughout NI.

It is broken down into Local Government Area’s -

Belfast - 1,268

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Armagh - 460

Antrim and Newtownabbey - 358

Not Known - 340

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Mid and East Antrim - 284

Newry, Mourne and Down - 250

Mid Ulster - 191

Causeway Coast and Glens - 182

Derry City and Strabane - 162

Fermanagh and Omagh - 78

As of today according to the dashboard 4,253 people in NI have tested positive for the virus.

And 24 people are fighting the virus in Intensive Care in our hospitals.

Meanwhile the Department of Health are reporting 75 confirmed active COVID-19 Care home outbreaks.

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