Northern Ireland

Coronavirus: Further six people in north die from virus

A total of 482 people have died in the north from coronavirus
A total of 482 people have died in the north from coronavirus A total of 482 people have died in the north from coronavirus

A further six people have died from coronavirus, according to new figures.

The overall death toll in Northern Ireland has now risen to 482.

NHS England has announced 122 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 24,739.

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Of the 122 new deaths announced today:

- 27 occurred on May 17

- 59 occurred on May 16

- 29 occurred on May 15

- six occurred on May 14, and

- one occurred on May 13

NHS England said the Covid patient notification system did not operate for a period of time on May 16 and this may have had an impact on the number of deaths reported today, which is lower than would be expected.

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 889.

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A further six people have died from coronavirus in Northern Ireland, according to new figures A further six people have died from coronavirus in Northern Ireland, according to new figures

Public Health Wales said a further four people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths in Wales to 1,207.

Another 101 people tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 12,404.

A total of 2,105 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, up two from 2,103 yesterday.

A total of 14,594 people have tested positive for Covid-19, the Scottish Government confirmed, a rise of 57 on yesterday's figure of 14,537.