NI carries out largest number of Covid-19 tests in one daypublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 30 April 2020
Health Minister Robin Swann says there were 2,243 tests carried out yesterday in relation to Covid-19 - the biggest total to date.
Up to 300 people will be employed in a new pilot contact tracing system in NI to deal with the pandemic.
Mr Swann is appearing before the assembly's Ad-hoc Committee on the Covid -19 Response.
He says the first death from Covid-19 in Northern Ireland was recorded on 19 March.
"Since then we have seen 3,536 confirmed cases of the disease and, sadly, today I announce a further nine deaths. That brings the total to 347 souls that have been lost," the minister says.
He says the figure includes a number of people who have died at home, in residential and nursing homes and in hospices.