One death and 89 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland hit a million vaccine doses in its rollout programme this week. By Lauren Boland Sunday 11 Apr 2021, 2:11 PM 1 hour ago 3,877 Views 6 Comments
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NORTHERN IRELAND HAS confirmed a further 89 cases of Covid-19 this afternoon.
In its latest update, Northern Ireland’s Department of Health said that one more person has died with Covid-19.
Today’s figures bring the total number of cases confirmed in the North to 118,267, while the number of people who have died has reached 2,129.
26 new cases are in Derry City and Strabane; 13 in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon; 12 in Belfast; 10 in Antrim and Newtownabbey; and 10 in the Causeway Coast and Glens.
Covid-19 vaccine booking opens to 40-44-year-olds in NI
By Louise Cullen
image captionAlmost a million vaccine doses have been administered in Northern Ireland to date
People aged from 40 to 44 are now eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine in latest expansion of Northern Ireland s vaccination programme.
Booking will open to that age group at midday on Thursday and demand for appointments is expected to be strong.
Appointments will be available to book online at the Health and Social Care booking website and by telephone on 0300 200 7813.
Health Minister Robin Swann said the announcement was a welcome development. Vaccination is by far our best defence against Covid-19 and is essential to our goal of getting Northern Ireland out of lockdown on a sustainable basis, he said.
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Two of the deaths reported today happened in April, two in March and three in February
A further seven Covid-related deaths and 400 new cases of the disease have been notified to the Department of Health.
Two of the deaths reported today happened in April, two in March and three in February.
The median age of those who died was 78 years and the age range was 62 - 89 years.
To date there has been a total of 4,737 Covid-19 related deaths and 239,723 confirmed cases in Ireland.
As of 8am today, there were 226 people with Covid-19 in hospital, with 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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Covid: NI adults under 30 to be offered Oxford-AZ alternative
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Adults under 30 who do not have underlying medical conditions will be offered an alternative to the Oxford AstraZeneca-vaccine in Northern Ireland.
It comes after the UK medicines regulator said there was a possible link between the jab and extremely rare blood clots.
The regulator said the benefits still outweigh the risks overall.
The vaccine has been given almost 500,000 times in Northern Ireland.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it while it has not concluded that the vaccine causes rare blood clots, it says the link is getting firmer.