COVID-19 UPDATE - No further deaths 95 new cases reported

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By Q Radio News

No new COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland.

However, 95 new cases of the virus have been detected here in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health.

The latest figures come as The Public Health Agency (PHA) is asking asymptomatic people in some areas of Kilkeel to get tested for Covid-19 after a small number of suspected cases of the Indian variant were identified.

The PHA said the results were suggestive of the variant, also known as Delta, but it has not yet been confirmed.

The body said the precautionary testing is in advance of confirmation of whether the variant is present and to reduce the risk of spread in the community.

Three testing sites have been opened in Kilkeel and anyone over the age of five is free to go.

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