Five further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland on Saturday.
The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 2,245.
A further 1,437 positive Covid cases have also been recorded in NI today.
This brings the total number of positive cases to 174,303 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health.
The full dashboard figures are not released over the weekend, but in a message on social media, the Department said 2,362,361 vaccines had been administered in total.
Meanwhile, health chiefs have warned of further surgery cancellations across Northern Ireland as staff are diverted to treat increasing numbers of Covid patients in intensive care.
The Health and Social Care Board said action was needed to increase ICU capacity in hospitals across the region and the only way to achieve that was to redeploy specialist staff working in other areas of the healthcare system.
The board also expressed concern at increasing numbers of unvaccinated young people and pregnant women being admitted to hospital with Covid-19.
It said there had been instances of unvaccinated pregnant women needing ICU care and emergency caesarean sections.
The board said that of all Covid-19 patients in ICU on Thursday, 60% were not vaccinated and 13% only had received one jab.
Hundreds of procedures have been cancelled in recent weeks, including some urgent cancer surgeries, due to the pressure on the system.
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