More than 5,100 HSE staff are currently absent from work after either testing positive for the virus or being a close contact

Conor Murphy has become the fourth Stormont minister to enter self-isolation. The finance minister said he would be working from home for 14 days after a close family member tested positive for Covid-19.

One MLA has tested positive for Covid-19 and six more MLAs are self-isolating as cases of coronavirus continue to surge in Northern Ireland.