Five more deaths from Covid-19 takes Northern Ireland total lives lost to 78

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

And there have been 84 more confirmed cases.

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

There have now been a total of 1339 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland.

And 78 eople have sadly died.

To date, 135 people have tested positive in the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon area, while there has been 82 in the Newry, Mourne and Down area.

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