Q Radio News
A further two patients who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have died in the last 24 hours.
Another 1,339 cases of the virus were also notified by the Department of Health.
Three coronavirus deaths and 1,209 cases were reported on Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, there were 362 Covid-positive patients in hospital, of whom 31 were in intensive care.
JUST IN: Northern Ireland's Department of Health has confirmed two more Covid-19 deaths and 1,339 new cases here in the past 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/2pNBKuYrfo
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 6, 2021
The department has found three-quarters of adult inpatients here aged under 50 are unvaccinated.
And unvaccinated people aged 50 and over are almost four times as likely to die from Covid.
A total of 2,539,912 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.
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