THE DEATH toll from coronavirus over the past year is approaching 3,000, new figures show.
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) yesterday said there had been 14 Covid-linked deaths in the week ending April 9, bringing the total recorded to 2,936.
Figures from the Department of Health yesterday showed there had been one further death in the previous 24 hours, with the total number of deaths now 2,133.
A further 119 people have tested positive for coronavirus.
The difference in the two death tolls is because the Nisra data provides a broader picture of the impact of Covid-19 than that reported by the Department of Health.
The department's statistics focus primarily on hospital deaths and only include people who have tested positive for the virus.
Nisra obtains its data from death certificates on which Covid-19 is recorded as a factor by a medical professional, regardless of where the death took place or whether the patient tested positive. The statistics agency also reports its Covid-19 data with a week lag.
Of the 2,936 Covid related deaths recorded by Nisra, 1,934 (65. per cent) were in hospitals, 772 (26.3 per cent) in care homes, 14 (0.5 per cent) in hospices and 216 (7.4 per cent) at residential addresses or other locations.
Department of Health vaccination figures show that 17.2 per cent of the regional population have received two jabs, slightly above the UK-wide average of 17 per cent.
More than half the population (58.5 per cent) have received their first jab.
In the north, 41 per cent of over 80s have now had both doses of vaccine.
Meanwhile, in the Republic there have been 11 further Covid-19 related deaths and 420 new cases.
The number of people in ICU is up two to 53.
More than 1.21 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have now been administered to people in the south, with 8 per cent of the population having had two jabs.
