THERE has been a further 52 Covid-19 related deaths were registered in the North of Ireland in the week up to Friday, October 22.
That is 14 more than the 38 reported for the previous week, according to the NI Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra).
It brings the agency’s total, based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, to 3,591.
The Department of Health’s total for the same date, based on a positive test result being recorded, is 2,657.
Nisra has now recorded 240 deaths from the deadly virus in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area up to October 22.
By the the same date, the Department of Health had recorded 171 in the council area.
Nisra’s figures are higher because it records mentions of the virus on death certificates, where it may or may not have been confirmed by way of a test.
People aged 75 and over accounted for 74.3% of the 3,591 Covid-19 related deaths registered between 19 March 2020 and 22 October 2021.
Derry and Strabane Council currently has the lowest infection rate of all 11 councils in the North of Ireland.
