A further five people in Northern Ireland have died from Covid-19, according to new figures from the Department of Health.
The latest deaths bring the total number of fatalities to 381.
According to the latest statistics, three deaths happened within the last 24 hours.
The other two deaths happened earlier but have only been reported.
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NHS England has announced 327 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 21,180.
Of the 327 new deaths announced today:
- 56 occurred on May 2
- 125 occurred on May 1
- 43 occurred on April 30
The figures also show 95 of the new deaths took place between April 1 and April 29 while the remaining eight deaths occurred in March, with the earliest new death taking place on March 28.
NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago. This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.
The figures published today by NHS England show April 8 continues to have the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a current total of 867.
A further 14 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Wales, taking the total number of deaths to 983, Public Health Wales has said.
A total of 1,571 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, an increase of 12 since Saturday.
