First Covid death of child under 15 recorded in Northern Ireland

Ward Sister Louise Hanvey (right) speaks to a nurse at the Mater Hospital Covid-19 recovery ward in Belfast.

The first death of a child aged under 15 linked to Covid-19 has been recorded in Northern Ireland.

There have been 3,015 deaths related to the virus in the region since the start of the pandemic, according to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra).