TWO further Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in Fermanagh and Omagh over the weekend, bringing the death toll for the district to 76.

The deaths were recorded by the Department of Health on January 29 and January 30.

Over the weekend, there were 57 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in the district, with 14 of those cases recorded in the past 24 hours.

Across Northern Ireland, there were 314 new Covid-19 cases recorded, and 11 deaths in the past 24 hours. The country's total number of Covid-19 deaths now stands at 1,850.

Breaking down Fermanagh by postal district, from January 25-31 shows that BT92 had nine coronavirus-positive cases, BT74 had 30, BT94 had 7 and BT93 had 11 positive cases.

In the past week, there were 178 cases of Covid-19 recorded in the district.

Looking at the positive cases from the past week by age, there were 30 cases in people aged 19 and under; 46 in those aged between 20 and 39; 53 in those between 40 and 59; 29 in those between 60 and 79, and 20 aged 80 and over.

The past seven-day rate per 100k of the population in Fermanagh has decreased, with a rate of 152.4 per 100k recorded in the past seven days, in comparison to 252 per 100k in the week of January 18-24.

There are currently 735 in-patients with Covid-18 across Northern Ireland, with 77 inpatients in the Western Trust.

Some 31 of these patients are in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH). There have been 30 admissions into the Western Trust and 60 discharges in the past week.

There are currently 64 people in ICU with Covid-19 across Northern Ireland, with two of those patients in the SWAH. There are currently 56 patients ventilated.

Across the care home sector, there are currently 119 active Covid-19 outbreaks in homes across Northern Ireland.

There has been a decrease of 16 active outbreaks in the past seven days, with 28 active outbreaks currently across 71 care homes in the Western Trust.