A further five people have died after testing positive for COVID-19.
There are 38 new case of the coronavirus in Northern Ireland.
The death toll now stands at 427.
The latest report for Northern Ireland indicates that two of the deaths occurred in the past 24 hours, while the other three deaths occurred outside that period.
And as of Friday, May 8, a total of 4,022 patients are reported to have tested positive for the virus.
Almost half of the deaths have occurred in care homes.
Northern Ireland’s coronavirus infection rate remains too high to lift lockdown restrictions, Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill have said.