A record 934 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours.
It is over 500 more than the previous record.
2,623 people have tested positive for the virus in the North in the past week - which is 20 per cent of all its cases.
One Covid death has also been reported today.
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland outlined that to date, 512,860 test have been carried out.
There are currently 65 people in hospital with the virus and a further nine in ICUs.
The total number of positive cases of Covid-19 which have been identified now stands at 12,886 in the country.
In the last seven days, 2,623 cases have been identified, which includes 1,147 cases among people aged 20-39.
On Thursday the North’s Executive agreed wide-ranging restrictions to tackle the dramatic rise in cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area
The measures, which will take legal force from Monday, include strict limits to the hospitality industry and an instruction to avoid travel into and out of the area. Many businesses have already closed voluntarily.
