134 COVID-19 related deaths in Derry and Strabane according to NISRA weekly bulletin

Thirteen more people died in Derry and Strabane after testing positive with coronavirus in the week to Friday, January 8.

One of the 13 deaths occurred in a local care home.

Across the north as a whole the total COVID-19 related deaths figure has now surpassed 2,000, reaching 2,019. January 7 saw the joint highest number of COVID-19 related deaths occurring in any one day (25) matched by April 9, 2020 and April 22, 2020.

The Northern Ireland Research and Statistics Agency (NISRA) stated: "Of the 2,019 Covid-19 related deaths, 1,247 (61.8%) took place in hospital, 622 (30.8%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (6.8%) at residential addresses or other locations.

"The 634 deaths which occurred in care homes and hospices involved 149 separate establishments. The comparative number of deaths reported daily by the Department of Health to January 8, 2021 was 1,438.

"These figures are based on patients having previously tested positive for the virus, whereas the NISRA figures are based on the information entered on death certificates completed by medical professionals.

"They may or may not have previously tested positive for the virus. Further analysis, which includes deaths of care home residents in hospital, shows that of the 802 deaths of care home residents involving Covid-19 occurred between March 18, 2020 and January 8, 2021, 77.6% (622) occurred in a care home, with the remaining 180 occurring in hospital.

"On this basis, deaths of care home residents account for 39.7% of all Covid-19 related deaths; however, no assumptions can be made in relation to where or when the deceased contracted the disease."