Seven more COVID-19 deaths in Derry and Strabane over the weekend brings death toll to 59

Seven more deaths of people who had tested positive with COVID-19 have been recorded in Derry and Strabane since Friday bringing the total death toll in the district to 59.

By Kevin Mullan

Published 9th Nov 2020, 14:36 BST

Updated 9th Nov 2020, 15:19 BST

A bar chart showing COVID-19 deaths by district.

Two women and a man aged over 80 died in hospital while a man aged over 80 died in a residential care home on Friday, according to the latest data released by the Department of Health on Monday.

The death of another man who was over 80 years of age, also on Friday, was included in the figures published by DoH at the end of last week.

On Sunday there were a further three recorded deaths in Derry and Strabane. A woman and man both aged over 80 and a man aged between 60 and 79 all died in hospital.

Derry and Strabane now has the fifth highest coronavirus death toll by local government district after Belfast (211), Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (83), Antrim and Newtownabbey (76) and Lisburn and Castlereagh (71).

Thirty-eight people have now died in Derry and Strabane since September after testing positive with SARS-CoV-2.

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