Confirmed Covid-19 cases in Northern Ireland ‘doubling at a slower rate’

The number of confirmed cases in Northern Ireland doubled at a slower rate over the last seven days compared with the same period before that, official analysis said. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Northern Ireland doubled at a slower rate over the last seven days, official analysis said.

The 43 days the tally took to multiply is longer than the UK as a whole, at 33, and the Republic of Ireland at 13, Stormont’s Health Department said.