Seven new Covid-19 cases have been reported in the Fermanagh and Omagh area in the last 24 hours.

The daily update from the Department of Health showed that the total, locally, is now at 5,913, while across Northern Ireland it stands at 119,992.

There were no deaths related to the virus recorded in the local council area, however one was recorded across the whole of Northern Ireland.

Fermanagh and Omagh's death toll remains at 85 while the Northern Ireland death toll is 2,144.

The seven-day rate per 100,000 people in the district from April 21 to 27 stands at 53.9 compared to 30.8 of the previous seven days (April 14 to 20).

Positive cases in the last week were 63. Out of those, 44 were aged 19 and under; eight were between the ages of 20 and 39; six were between 40 and 59; four were aged between 60 and 79; and one was aged 80 or over.

From April 19 to 25 postal districts in Fermanagh recorded two new cases. The BT93 area recorded no new cases; BT74 one; BT94 none, and BT92 one.

There are eight Covid patients in ICU across NI, with three of them ventilated. There is one Covid ICU patient in the SWAH.

The bed occupancy in NI hospitals is at 100 per cent, according to today’s (Wednesday) update, with the SWAH operating at 100 per cent of its bed capacity as of 9am on April 27.

As of April 28, there were four confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes across NI. Two of the separate outbreaks were asymptomatic whilst two were symptomatic.