Efforts to protect public health on both sides of the border have intensified as the number of new Covid-19 cases in Northern Ireland has breached 1,000 in a single day for the first time.

A total of 1,080 cases were notified by the Department of Health in its daily update.

This is the highest daily total since the current testing model was introduced.

There have been 5,272 new cases of the virus reported in the last seven days, bringing the overall total number of cases confirmed in Northern Ireland to 18,190.

This means that over 25% of all cases in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic have been recorded in the past week.

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