Eight more deaths reported from COVID-19 in Northern Ireland as total reaches 56

There have been eight more deaths of patients in Northern Ireland as a result of COVID-19.

And there have been 94 more confirmed cases.

These are the latest figures made available on Saturday by the Public Health Agency on Saturday.

There have now been a total of 998 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland.

And 56 people have sadly died.

According to the Public Health Agency, a total of 8034 individuals have been tested.

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