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Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 24th Mar, 2020. Belfast streets on the first day of lockdown due to the coronavirus. A fourth person in Northern Ireland has died with coronavirus. Ruth Burke, 82, passed away last night in Antrim Area Hospital and her family has asked for her to be named. They said she was simply unable to fight the disease. On Monday 20 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Northern Ireland, bringing the total to 148, but Tuesday's figures have yet to be released by Department of Health officials. Credit: Paul McErlane