Coronavirus NI: Another 75 test positive - 963 have tested positive in last 7 days - 5 now in ICU and 36 confirmed COVID inpatients - see the number of cases in YOUR area
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This means that 963 have now tested positive in the last 7 days.
And 9,541 have tested positive in total in NI.
There have been no further deaths in the last 24 hours in NI - leaving the death toll at 577.
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Hide AdThere are now five people fighting for their lives in ICU in our hospitals - and 36 COVID-19 confirmed inpatients.
There are now 28 active COVID-19 outbreaks in NI Care homes - and 13 suspected outbreaks.
This is how many people now have the virus in YOUR area -
Antrim and Newtownabbey: 801 cases
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon: 1,196 cases
Belfast: 2398 cases (+248 in past 7 days)
Causeway Coast and Glens: 466 cases
Derry City and Strabane: 483 cases
Fermanagh and Omagh: 253 cases
Lisburn and Castlereagh: 831 cases
Mid and East Antrim: 816 cases
Mid Ulster: 502 cases
Newry, Mourne and Down: 744 cases
Ards and North Down: 629 cases
Not known: 422 cases
The news comes as Stormont’s leaders have raised the prospect of Northern Ireland having to re-enter a period of full coronavirus lockdown.
As the region prepares for the introduction of fresh restrictions on domestic gatherings at 6pm today, First Minister Arlene Foster said a two-week period of lockdown to try to halt the spread of the virus – a so-called circuit breaker – could not be ruled out.
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Hide Ad“I haven’t ruled it out, I don’t rule it out at all,” she said.
Mrs Foster urged the public to work together so such a move could be avoided.
And Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill said a two-week lockdown is something the devolved executive would have to consider.
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