Official figures: no further coronavirus cases in Belfast
No more cases of coronavirus have been identified in Belfast in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
A total of 119,579 cases had been confirmed in Belfast when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on March 17 (Thursday), the same as on Wednesday.
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Hide AdThe cumulative rate of infection in Belfast, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 34,908 cases per 100,000 people, the same as the Northern Ireland average.
In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, if one person tests positive for the virus more than 90 days after the first infection, two infection episodes will be recorded, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 90,472 over the period, to 20,001,627 – though case figures reported in Scotland cover a period of less than 24 hours.
There were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Belfast.
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Hide AdThe dashboard shows 598 people had died in the area by March 17 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from Wednesday.
It means there have been no deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on three the previous week.
They were among 3,266 deaths recorded across Northern Ireland.
The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Belfast.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, so some areas might see their figures revised down.