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NI hospitals over capacity as Ministers flounder on extension of restrictions

Nov 12, 2020 15:25 By News Northern Sound
NI hospitals over capacity as Ministers flounder on extension of restrictions
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Another 15 people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland and there are 548 new cases. 11 of the deaths took place in the

Another 15 people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland and there are 548 new cases.

11 of the deaths took place in the past 24 hours.

435 people are in hospital with the coronavirus, with 46 in intensive care. The number of hospital beds occupied in the North has reached its 101 per cent of its capacity.

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It comes after days of wrangling over what happens when their four-week 'circuit-breaker' ends, it's emerged politicians in the North were working to the wrong deadline.

Restrictions were seemingly due to end at midnight on Thursday.

But ministers locked in debate have just discovered they don't actually expire until midnight on Friday.

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