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Covid NI: Fewer than 90 people test positive in past 24 hours
Sadly, one further death has been reported (Image: Michael Cooper/PA Wire)
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One further Covid-19 related death has been recorded by the Department of Health.
Friday s update shows the overall death toll due to the virus in Northern Ireland now stands at 2,141.
Northern Ireland has taken a stride out of lockdown after a series of businesses resumed trading for the first time in four months.
Close-contact services, including hairdressers and beauty parlours, reopened while driving lessons also restarted, along with theory and practical tests.
Outdoor attractions welcomed back visitors while competitive sport resumed outdoors, with numbers limited to 100, but with no spectators allowed.
Economy Minister Diane Dodds said it was a good day for the economy after months of hardship.
Martine Broggy, the owner of Natural Hair Company salon in Lisburn, expressed hope the most recent lockdown would be the last.
“I just feel we’re on the turn now,” she said.
The sound of blow dryers and snipping scissors returned to Northern Ireland as people flocked to reopened hairdressers to lose their lockdown locks.
Close contact services such as hair salons, barbers, beauty parlours and tattooists resumed business on Friday as the region took its latest steps back to normality.
Queues were spotted at many hairdressers from early morning as customers counted down to the shutters coming up.
At Natural Hair Company in Lisburn a red carpet was rolled out to welcome back regulars with pre-booked appointments who last crossed the threshold four months ago.
David Tinsley was among those first back in the chair.
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