One further Covid-19 death reported - 2 more people test positive

One more person has died with COVID-19 in Northern Ireland, it has been revealed.

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News   What's On   Lifestyle              Jun 16, 2020           Good afternoon everyone This week might have brought some good news in the battle against coronavirus, with the hospitality sector given an earlier than expected date to reopen, but the economic impact of the lockdown was laid bare on Tuesday.  New figures released showed that unemployment in Northern Ireland has more than doubled in the last two months. Newly released figures show that the number claiming the benefit in May was 65,200, representing 7% of the total workforce. It has undoubtedly been a very tough period for many businesses but hopefully the weeks to come will bring the shoots of economic recovery.  First Minister Arlene Foster also revealed that she will be proposing the extension of free school meal support to the Province's pupils over the summer holidays. Meanwhile, the Department of Health revealed that one more person with coronavirus in the Province has passed away. This brings the total number of deaths here of people with Covid-19 up to 542.  While it is very sad to hear about anyone losing their life, the downward trend of deaths and new cases continues. Just two more people have tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.  Please take care Alistair Bushe, Editor  If you receive this email as a subscriber thank you for supporting us. If you are a registered reader on our site you can further help us continue to produce quality journalism that matters. Digital subscription to the News Letter are available on www.newsletter.co.uk/subscriptions and pay just £1 for the first three months            One further Covid-19 death reported - 2 more people test positive           One more person has died with COVID-19 in Northern Ireland, it has been revealed.                 NI Nurse now fighting for his life with Covid-19   Appeal launched to assist the family of the sole breadwinner who has already spent 9 weeks in hospital           Summer school for pupils going into P5, P6 and P7 under consideration   The Department of Education (DE) is considering two-week summer schools for pupils going into Years 5 ,6 and 7.           Unemployment in NI doubles in two months as coronavirus hits economy   The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has more than doubled in Northern Ireland in just two months.           Coronavirus breakthrough as £5 steroid could have saved lives of 5,000   A steroid called dexamethasone could be used to treat people battling Covid-19 in hospitals claims Professor Martin Landray.           Pressure now on Stormont after Boris Johnson makes u-turn following Marcus Rashford campaign   There are calls for Education Minister, Peter Weir, to extend the free school meals over the summer for thousands of vulnerable children in Northern Ireland.                 View more on Coronavirus

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