THERE have been two deaths and 71 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the North of Ireland, the Department of Health has confirmed.
Health department data shows the deaths were of a man and woman aged over 80.
The man from the Mid and East Antrim council area died on September 1 in hospital, while the woman passed away in a care home in Co Down on August 28.
There can often be a delay in registering deaths.
There have now been 7,365 positive cases in NI since the outbreak.
The death toll is 562.
There are currently 20 patients in hospitals with the virus, with three in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four further positive cases for the deadly virus in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
That brings its total number of positive cases to date to 285 cases.
There have been 29 deaths within the council boundary since the pandemic erupted in March this year.
The latest figures come as the Stormont Executive is facing pressure to reconsider quarantine rules for Greece after Scotland and Wales introduced new measures over concerns about rising Coronavirus cases.
The Scottish Government announced on Tuesday evening that travellers from Greece would have to self-isolate for 14 days from Thursday, while Wales also began asking arrivals from the island of Zante to begin the period of quarantine.
First Minister Arlene Foster said the executive will be briefed on updated quarantine measures but said that travel “is not a factor in community transmission in Northern Ireland”.
“We will keep it under review and be led by the experts,” said Mrs Foster.
“For the UK as a whole, it is good that we move together as people come into the UK from further afield and then travel throughout the UK so it is important that we get that information.”
Mrs Foster also called for the furlough scheme to be extended saying that “more needs to be done.”
She added that Northern Ireland’s aerospace sector also needs more help and called on the UK government “to intervene and help.”
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