The Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area has returned to the bottom of the table for positive cases in Northern Ireland.

Ards and North Down had usurped the local council area for the fewest positive cases but that has changed in recent days.

Fermanagh and Omagh is again the least affected area in Northern Ireland.

The total number of positive cases stands at 5,693 with nine reported in the last 24 hours. Ards and North Down now has 5,729.

For the second consecutive day there were no Covid related deaths reported in the Department of Health's daily update.

The death toll remains at 2,107 while in Fermanagh and Omagh the figure is 83 with the last death recorded on February 20.

There were 183 positive cases in the last 24 hours in Northern Ireland bringing the total to 116,515.

According to the daily update from the Department of Health, the district continues to have the lowest seven-day rate per 100 thousand in Northern Ireland at 25.7 which equates to 30 cases in the last week.

Out of those 30 cases 10 were aged 19 and under; eight between 20 and 39; five between the ages of 40 and 59; six were aged between 60 and 79 with no cases reported in people aged 80 or over.

Two postcodes in the district recorded no new Covid-19 cases.

From March 15-21, both BT74 and BT93 recorded no cases while BT92 had 3 and BT94 had 5.

The latest data shows there are 34 Covid-19 in-patients across the Western Trust, while across all hospitals in NI, there are 153  such in-patients.  There are 14 Covid-19 ICU patients across NI; 10 of whom are ventilated.

There are 11 Covid-19 in-patients in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) while there are no Covid-19 patients being treated in ICU in the SWAH. The South West Acute Hospital is operating at 3.53 percent over capacity while the overall capacity of beds in every hospital is at 100 per cent.

As of March 25, there are six confirmed active Covid outbreaks in care homes a decrease of six compared with the previous seven days.