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Another 7 people die in NI after testing positive for coronavirus - NI death toll now 489 - 20 new cases confirmed
The latest Department of Health dashboard reveals that four people died within the last 24 hours - and another three were reported to the DoH but did not die in the same time period.
The death toll is now reported as being 489 in NI.
Meanwhile according to the statistics another 20 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed.
The Northern Ireland Executive is set to revisit whether people should be able to meet immediate family indoor
First Minister Arlene Foster said ministers are “constantly reviewing” medical evidence.
A series of lockdown relaxations were announced in the region on Monday, which included groups of up to six people who do not share a household being allowed to meet outdoors.
Garden centres and recycling centres re-opened their doors and fishing restarted, while churches and places of worship are to open for private prayer and golf is set to restart today.
Drive-in church services and entertainment will also be permitted.
An eighties hit song has been given a new lease of life by a group of Northern Ireland musicians trying to raise money for research which will help rehabilitate Covid-19 survivors
Brian Kennedy, Peter Corry, Derek Ryan, Andrea Begley, Margaret Keys, Cormac Neeson and Duke Special are among those musicians who sang on an updated version of ‘Broken Land’ which was a hit for Belfast band The Adventures in 1988.
The video, a still from which is pictured inset, is designed to thank NHS workers and also raise funds for researchers, including those at Queen’s University, who are trying to establish what care and support is needed to ensure coronavirus sufferers can return to full health.
The reworked version entitled Heal This Broken Land was the brainchild of TV producer Petra Ellis and record producer Cormac O’Kane who contacted their musical friends and asked them if they’d like to take part.
More than two-thirds of the people in a care home in the Belfast Trust have tested positive for coronavirus, it has been reported
There were 12 coronavirus related deaths in the home, from 57 people. A total of 40 people tested positive for the virus.
Figures from care homes in the Belfast Trust area were reported on the Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster.
In another home, there were 29 positive tests from 65 people and 10 deaths due to the virus.
In another, 25 tested positive from 85 people, with 11 deaths
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