30,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in four days in Northern Ireland

Young people walk past a Covid safety message from Belfast City Council (Liam McBurney/PA)

More than 30,000 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Northern Ireland in four days across the new year.

The latest figures, which cover from midnight on December 30 to midnight on January 3, also notified the deaths of 15 patients who previously tested positive for the virus.