Covid-19: Record high 1,080 new cases confirmed in Northern Ireland 

Over the last seven days, there has been 4,674 new cases with the highest infection rate present in the Derry and Strabane council area. File Picture: Getty Image

There has been 1,080 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours.

It is a new record high for the North, exceeding yesterday's 923 confirmed cases.