A further 25 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Northern Ireland, 21 of them occurring during the past 24 hours. It is the second highest daily figure since the outbreak of the pandemic and takes the official Department of Health death toll to 1,606.
There are 822 new cases from tests on 3,013 individuals. It takes the cumulative total of people who have tested positive to 95,361.
There are 840 confirmed coronavirus patients in hospital, with 67 in ICU, 50 of whom are on ventilators. The average seven-day infection rate per 100,000 for Northern Ireland is 365.7.
The council area with the highest rate remains Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon on 632.7, followed by Mid Ulster on 549.1 The lowest rate remains Ards and North Down on 198.3.