A 77-year-old woman has died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, in the first virus-related death since May 7.

The health authorities said on Tuesday that three new cases of the virus had been found.

Five patients recovered, leaving 69 active cases.

A total of 1,492 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours.

The vaccination programme reached 483,577 jabs, with 183,556 people now fully vaccinated.

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