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There have been no Covid-19 associated deaths reported by Northern Eire’s Division of Well being previously 24 hours.
It’s the first day since 18 March – virtually 10 weeks in the past – that no deaths have been reported in Northern Eire.
The most recent figures from the division state the full quantity of people that have died stays the identical as Monday’s complete of 514 deaths.
Well being Minister Robin Swann stated it was “a transparent signal of progress”.
“All of us have been ready for a day like this,” he informed Stormont’s each day press convention on Tuesday.
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Well being Minister Robin Swann urged folks to stay to the federal government pointers
Though there was a transparent downward development, there have been “no grounds for complacency”, he added.
“If folks get it into their heads that this emergency is over, the implications might be catastrophic,” he stated.
Complacency, stated the minister, could be an “insult to those that have misplaced their lives and to these mourning them”.
“A second wave of the virus can also be anticipated within the months forward so we should maintain our defences up,” he added.
He stated a fourth testing website as a part of the UK’s nationwide testing programme could be opened in Enniskillen later this week.
The minister stated the easing of some lockdown restrictions meant there have been now extra “legit causes” for folks to be out of their houses, however stated they need to not overlook the essential steering.
He addressed ongoing considerations about Covid-19 in care houses and stated 5,603 residents have now been examined, with greater than 5,000 employees examined as nicely.
Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill stated she was heartened by the report of no new deaths.
“Let’s maintain working collectively to have extra days like this,” she tweeted.
In different developments on Tuesday:
- Finance Minister Conor Murphy warns some Stormont departments might run out of money this summer time
- Methodist School says it could solely have a “significant” reopening if social distancing pointers change
- Expiring driving licences are to be prolonged by seven months
- The Irish authorities says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was following pointers when he was photographed with mates having a picnic
The full variety of confirmed circumstances of coronavirus in Northern Eire now stands at 4,637 – a rise of 28 on Monday’s figures.
The Division of Well being’s dashboard additionally says there are 69 lively outbreaks of Covid-19 in NI care houses.
These figures are one among two units printed in Northern Eire.
The opposite are weekly statistics from Northern Eire’s Statistics and Analysis Company (Nisra), which cowl all fatalities the place coronavirus has been recorded on the loss of life certificates.
The most recent Nisra figures present 664 deaths had occurred by Friday 15 Could:
- 303 in care houses
- 322 occurred in hospital
- 33 at dwelling or different and 6 in hospices
There’s a appreciable distinction within the loss of life tolls within the two units of figures: the Division of Well being – which information deaths of sufferers who examined constructive for coronavirus and subsequently principally died in hospital – had solely recorded 472 deaths by 15 Could.
On Monday, the Republic of Eire additionally reported there had been no Covid-19 associated deaths previously 24 hours, information welcomed by Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan as “a part of the downward development”.
There have been a complete of 1,606 coronavirus-related deaths within the Republic of Eire.
An extra 59 new confirmed circumstances brings the nation’s complete to 24,698.
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Throughout the UK, coronavirus figures have fallen to a six-week low
Fewer deaths associated to coronavirus had been registered within the UK within the week to 15 Could, than in any week because the starting of April.
Between 11 and 15 Could, there have been 4,210 loss of life registrations mentioning Covid-19.
Down from 4,426 the earlier week, it’s the lowest weekly determine because the 3,801 for the week ending 10 April.
Coronavirus accounted for simply over 25% of all deaths within the UK within the week to 15 Could.