Derry data gap as death toll hits 1057

There have now been 1057 Irish deaths from COVID-19 in total - 263 in the north and 794 in the south.

Yesterday the Department of Health reported 13 new deaths in hospitals while its sister department in Dublin reported 28 more fatalities.

The number of patients to have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ireland is now 20,623 with the positive case total in the north rising by 142 yesterday to 3,016. The southern total increased by 936 to 17,607.

Six hundred and eighty nine patients are now being treated for COVID-19 in the north and there have been 58 clusters in care homes.

There has been no new breakdown on the number of cases in Derry and Strabane since Monday, however, after a new Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard was temporarily suspended following a reporting error.

On Monday it had been confirmed that as of Sunday 15 people in Derry and Strabane had died and that 124 people had tested positive. Due to the error in the dashboard no new data for the area has been released since then.

Last night it was confirmed that the total number of COVID-19 cases in Donegal had risen by 15 from 416 to 431 (2.6 per cent of all cases in the south).

The Donegal data was released yesterday but was accurate up until midnight on Tuesday.