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Northern Ireland has recorded a record number of Covid-19 cases, with 320 people testing positive for the disease in the past 24 hours.
No more deaths were recorded, and the number of victims remained at 578.
15 percent of the 11,269 total cases in the North have been registered in the last week, and 1,702 cases have been reported in the last seven days.
(It will) inevitably lead to an increase in hospital admissions and deaths.
The figures come after the curfew was announced at 23:00 for the hotel sector in the region.
Northern Prime Minister Arlene Foster told the Stormont Assembly that the measure was being introduced to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Ms. Foster described the increase in cases as “of great concern to the Executive”, and said that if it is not stopped, “it will inevitably lead to an increase in hospital admissions and deaths.”
Application
The new curfew will apply from midnight on Wednesday to pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes, as well as to hotel and guesthouse bars.
Pubs and restaurants are requested to call for last orders at 10.30pm. Before closing at 11 p.m. M.
Ms. Foster added: “In practice, this brings normal closing times up half an hour and there will be no late licenses.
“The intent behind the earlier closing time is that socializing later in the evening is seen to increase the risk of spreading the virus because people adhere to the rules less strictly after consuming alcohol and in places where they are used to it. to mix freely.
“There can be no exceptions to this, so weddings and other important social events must also comply.”
The Prime Minister said that the arrangements will be subject to execution.
It is a later closing time than the rest of the UK, where a 10pm curfew has been introduced, but before the 11:30 pm curfew in the Republic.
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