by Q Radio News
The Department of Health has reported 902 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Northern Ireland since yesterday.
No new deaths have been recorded, meaning the death toll remains at 587.
In the last seven days, 5,475 cases of the virus have been confirmed across the region.
Daily figures from the department show hospital admissions are slowly increasing.
There are currently 141 people being treated in hospital with coronavirus and 19 on ICU wards, which is an increase of three patients in the last 24 hours.
11 of those patients are on ventilators.
Department of Health official figures for hospital admissions due to covid-19 in NI
In the last seven days, the majority of positive cases were recorded in the Belfast district, 1389 out of the 5475.
It was closely followed by Derry City and Strabane where 1314 cases were confirmed during the same period.
Derry City and Strabane still remains the worst affected area in Northern Ireland and one of the worst hit in the UK, with 872.1 infected per 100,000 people.
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