Coronavirus: NI death-toll jumps to 134 - UK deaths soars to 12,142 in last 24 hours - IMF predicts most severe downturn since 1930s

The latest PHA surveillance report reflects the situation in Northern Ireland up to 9.30am on Tuesday April 14.

Ten more hospital patients have died across Northern Ireland taking the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 134.

The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland now stands at 1,967.

A total of 13,095 people have been tested for the virus in Northern Ireland.

The daily surveillance report published by the PHA reflect hospital deaths only and do not include the number of COVID-19 related deaths recorded in nursing homes and care facilities.

A total of 813 hospital patients died throughout the entire United Kingdom in the last 24 hours after testing positive for COVID-19 - the total UK wide death-toll now stands at 12,142.

Like Northern Ireland, this figure does not include the number of people who have died after testing positive for COVID-19 in nursing homes throughout the UK.

Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy will suffer its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

“It is very likely that this year the global economy will experience its worst recession since the Great Depression, surpassing that seen during the global financial crisis a decade ago,” Gita Gopinath, the IMF’s chief economist, said in the latest World Economic Outlook report.