Half of Northern Ireland Covid cases now indicative of Delta variant

Dr Gerry Waldron (Liam McBurney/PA)

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has said there were 612 confirmed or probable cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 detected throughout all 11 local council areas in Northern Ireland by Tuesday.

The PHA said that around half of Covid-19 positive cases sampled in Northern Ireland are now indicative of the Delta variant.