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Tuesday saw Northern Ireland suffer another six deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths here to 28.
Another 53 people in the Province have been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to the Public Health Agency.
The message continues to be that staying at home will save lives, with TV personality Gloria Hunniford calling for the Northern Ireland public to heed government advice and stay at home “for our own good”.
Away from the constant news diet of coronavirus, BBC Northern Ireland said farewell to one of its best-known and most popular broadcasters on Tuesday. Noel Thompson retired after four decades. He started working for the broadcaster way back in 1979.
Alistair Bushe, Editor
Here are some of the day’s main developments:
- A further six people have died in Northern Ireland with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Agency a further 53 people have also been diagnosed as having coronavirus. The report from the PHA adds that the ‘cumulative number of Trust deaths associated with COVID-19 is 28’.
- Northern Ireland’s charities and social enterprises have appealed for help to save 45,000 jobs with many facing a “financial meltdown” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A group of charitable representative bodies including CO3, Social Enterprise NI (SENI), the Rural Community Network (RCN), the Community Foundation for NI and Northern Ireland Environment Link (NIEL) is calling for Stormont to step in. The groups said traditional fund-raising has dried up with the closure of charity shops, childcare centres and cafes and the enforced cancellation of sponsored events from marathons to coffee mornings.
- It was announced today that a further 393 people who tested positive for the virus in the UK have died in the last day. This is the biggest daily total so far and brings the total number of deaths in the UK to 1,801.
- Senior minister Michael Gove told this evening’s government media briefing that the first of thousands of new ventilators will reach the NHS next week.
- The latest NHS advice on coronavirus can be found at www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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