Coronavirus-linked deaths pass 900 in Northern Ireland

A sample is held by a scientist whilst working at the Lighthouse Laboratory at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow which receives and analyses coronavirus swabs with suspected COVID-19 infections in the continuing fight against the coronavirus. Scotland continues in phase one of the Scottish Government’s plan for gradually lifting lockdown.

The number of coronavirus-linked deaths in Northern Ireland has passed 900, statistics indicate.

The latest analysis by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) put the death toll at 901 at the end of last week.