Two more Covid-19 related deaths recorded in Northern Ireland by Department of Health

Two more people have died after contracting Covid-19 in Northern Ireland according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.

These latest deaths take the total number of coronavirus deaths to 3,369, with 21 of those coming in the last week.

There have been 927 new cases reported in the last day making a total of 5,987 new cases in the past week.

There have been 698,208 infections recorded from the start of the pandemic.

A total of 440 people are in hospitals with coronavirus, with 146 people having been admitted in the past week.

Northern Ireland currently has Three Covid-positive patients in intensive care, there are 23 ICU beds available.

Hospitals are at 107% with nine operating over capacity.

As of Tuesday afternoon, there are 133 outbreaks of the virus in care homes across NI.