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The number of positive Covid-19 cases has surged by more than 20% week-on-week since December 7.
The Department of Health reported that a further 20 deaths related to the virus occurred over the weekend, when there were an additional 1,634 positive cases.
Last week 83 people passed away after contracting the virus - an increase of 26 compared to the previous seven days.
From the week ending December 7, some 3,191 people tested positive, rising to 3,862 the following week, and 4,699 in the week before December 21.
Queen s University virologist Dr Connor Bamford said Northern Ireland remained in a very dangerous place if the numbers go down simply due to the six-week lockdown restrictions, arguing something else may be needed.
Terminally ill patients who were asked to shield during the pandemic have revealed the unbearable loneliness they have endured in their final months.
A survey of people deemed clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) has uncovered the harrowing isolation experienced by palliative care patients asked to adhere to strict guidance to protect themselves from Covid-19 until the advice was paused at the end of July.
One elderly woman, aged over 80, described crying every time her brother rang her to check how she was doing. I live alone and the loneliness at times has been unbearable, she said. I have one brother and he could not come to see me. He telephoned every day but when I heard his voice I just cried. I would have given anything to see my brother and his wife.
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