The Department of Health recorded five new cases of Covid-19 in Fermanagh and Omagh in the last 24 hours, according to their daily update.

It brings the total number of positive cases locally to 5,817 while there were no death recorded anywhere in Northern Ireland. 

Fermanagh and Omagh's death toll remain at 85 while Northern Ireland's sits at 2,129.

The local council area remains the least affected area in Northern Ireland.

There were 112 positive cases across Northern Ireland bringing the total to 118,476.

Despite the low numbers, the seven-day rate is beginning to creep up again locally.

he seven-day rate per 100,000 people in the district stands at 30 and is an increase on previous seven day rate from March 30 to April 5 figure of 18.8.

Positive cases in the last week have risen to 35. Out of those, five were aged 19 and under; 12 were between the ages of 20 and 39; 12 were between 40 and 59; and five were aged between 60 and 79.

From April 5-11 postal districts in Fermanagh recorded 15 new cases. The BT93 area recorded one new case; BT74 four; BT94 two, and BT92 eight.

There are 19 Covid-19 in-patients across the Western Trust area, with nine in the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), two more than Monday's update.

There are seven Covid patients in ICU across NI, with five of them ventilated. There is one Covid ICU patient in the SWAH.

The bed occupancy in NI hospitals is at 99 per cent, according to Tuesday’s update, with the SWAH operating at 113.69 per cent of its bed capacity as of 12am on April 12.

As of April 13, there were five confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes across NI. The five separate outbreaks are all asymptomatic.