For the third consecutive day the daily update from the Department of Health has reported no new Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland.

The detah toll remains at 2,107 while in Fermanagh and Omagh it stands at 83 with the last recorded Covid death reported on February 20.

181 people tested positive across Northern Ireland for the virus bringing the total number of positive cases to 116,696. Nine of those positive cases were in Fermanagh and Omagh where the total number of cases is now 5,702.

According to the daily update from the Department of Health, the district continues to have the lowest seven-day rate per 100 thousand in Northern Ireland at 26.5 which equates to 31 cases in the last week.

Out of those 31 cases 10 were aged 19 and under; seven between 20 and 39; eight between the ages of 40 and 59; four were aged between 60 and 79 with one case reported in people aged 80 or over.

Two postcodes in the district recorded no new Covid-19 cases.

From March 15-21, both BT74 and BT93 recorded no cases while BT92 and BT94 had three and five respectively.

The latest data shows there are 35 Covid-19 in-patients across the Western Trust, while across all hospitals in NI, there are 143  such in-patients.  There are 13 Covid-19 ICU patients across NI; 10 are currently on ventilators.

There are 11 Covid-19 in-patients in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) with one Covid-19 patient being treated in ICU in the SWAH. 

As of March 26, there are six confirmed active Covid outbreaks in care homes a decrease of two compared with the previous seven days.